Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/melu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *melwą.

Noun

*melu n

ground corn, meal, flour

Inflection

Neuter wa-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*melu
Genitive	*melwas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*melu	*melu
Accusative	*melu	*melu
Genitive	*melwas	*melwō
Dative	*melwē	*melum
Instrumental	*melu	*melum

Descendants

Old English: melu, melo, meolo
- Middle English: mele, meale, meele, melow
  - English: meal
  - Scots: meil, mele
  - Yola: mele, mell
Old Frisian: mele
- North Frisian: meel, mal
- Saterland Frisian: Meel
- West Frisian: moal
Old Saxon: melo
- Middle Low German: mēle, mel
  - Dutch Low Saxon: mael
  - German Low German: Mehl
Old Dutch: *melo
- Middle Dutch: mēle, meel
  - Dutch: meel
    - Afrikaans: meel
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: meli
    - Negerhollands: meel, mil
    - → Arawak: meli
  - Limburgish: mael
Old High German: melo
- Middle High German: mël
  - Alemannic German: Mël, Mèhl
  - Bavarian: Mej, Möö
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Meel
    Luxembourgish: Miel
  - German: Mehl
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Mehl
  - Vilamovian: maoł
  - Yiddish: מעל‎ (mel)