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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/maþl
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *maþlą.
Noun
*maþl n
- assembly, council
- speech
Inflection
Neuter a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *maþl | |
Genitive | *maþlas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *maþl | *maþlu |
Accusative | *maþl | *maþlu |
Genitive | *maþlas | *maþlō |
Dative | *maþlē | *maþlum |
Instrumental | *maþlu | *maþlum |
Alternative forms
- *mahl
Derived terms
- *maþlijan
- *maþlōn
Descendants
- Old English: mæþel
- Old Frisian: mēl (in derivatives)
- Old Saxon: mahal
- Middle Low German: mal
- Frankish:
- → Late Latin: mallum
- Old High German: mahal, māl
- Middle High German: mahel, māl
- German: Mahl
- Middle High German: mahel, māl