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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/meldā
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *meldǭ.
Noun
*meldā f
- a plant of the genus Chenopodium, goosefoot
- a plant of the genus Atriplex, orache, saltbush
Inflection
ōn-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *meldā | |
Genitive | *meldōn | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *meldā | *meldōn |
Accusative | *meldōn | *meldōn |
Genitive | *meldōn | *meldōnō |
Dative | *meldōn | *meldōm |
Instrumental | *meldōn | *meldōm |
Descendants
- Old English: melde
- Middle English: mielde
- Scots: milds, miles, myles
- English: milds, miles, myles (dialectal Northern English)
- Middle English: mielde
- Old Saxon: *melda
- Middle Dutch: melde
- Dutch: melde, milde
- Middle Dutch: melde
- Old Saxon: maldia
- Middle Low German: melde
- Old High German: melta, melda, malta, multa
- Middle High German: melte, melde
- German: Melde, Melte, Melle, Malde, Malte, Milte, Milde
- → Medieval Latin: melta
- Middle High German: melte, melde