Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mēlą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meh₁lom, from the root *meh₁- (“to measure”). Compare Latin semel.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɛː.lɑ̃/

Noun

*mēlą n

measure, measurement
time, occasion
point in time, period of time
time for eating, meal

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *mēlą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mēlą	*mēlō
vocative	*mēlą	*mēlō
accusative	*mēlą	*mēlō
genitive	mēlas, mēlis	*mēlǫ̂
dative	*mēlai	*mēlamaz
instrumental	*mēlō	*mēlamiz

Derived terms

*mēlijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *māl
- Old English: mǣl
  - Middle English: mel, mele, melle; mal, male, meyle; mæl, mæle, meal
    - English: meal
    - Scots: meal
    - Yola: meale
    - → Irish: béile
- Old Frisian: mēl
  - Saterland Frisian: Moal, Mäil
  - West Frisian: miel
- Old Saxon: māl
  - Middle Low German: mâl
    - Low German: maal
    - German Low German: Mahl
- Old Dutch: *māl
  - Middle Dutch: mâel
    - Dutch: maal
      - Afrikaans: maal
      - Berbice Creole Dutch: mali
      - Negerhollands: mal
  - Limburgish: maol
- Old High German: māl
  - Middle High German: māl
    - Bavarian:
      Cimbrian: mal
      Mòcheno: mol
    - German: Mahl, Mal, mal
    - Hunsrik: Mol
    - Luxembourgish: Mol
    - Yiddish: מאָל‎ (mol)
Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌻 (mēl)
Old Norse: mál
- Danish: mål
- Faroese: mál
- Icelandic: mál
- Norwegian Bokmål: mål
- Norwegian Nynorsk: mål
- Swedish: mål