Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mālōn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *mēlōną. Equivalent to *māl (“stain, mark, spot”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*mālōn

to stain
to paint

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*mālōn
1st sg. past	*mālōdā
Infinitive	*mālōn
Genitive infin.	*mālōnijas
Dative infin.	*mālōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*mālōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*mālō	*mālōdā
2nd singular	*mālōs	mālōdēs, mālōdōs
3rd singular	*mālōþ	mālōdē, mālōdā
1st plural	*mālōm	*mālōdum
2nd plural	*mālōþ	*mālōdud
3rd plural	*mālōnþ	*mālōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*mālō	*mālōdī
2nd singular	*mālōs	*mālōdī
3rd singular	*mālō	*mālōdī
1st plural	*mālōm	*mālōdīm
2nd plural	*mālōþ	*mālōdīd
3rd plural	*mālōn	*mālōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*mālō
Plural	*mālōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*mālōndī	*mālōd

Alternative reconstruction

*mālēn

Descendants

Old Frisian: mēlia
- West Frisian: mielje
Old Saxon: mālōn
- Middle Low German: mālen
Old Dutch: *mālon
- Middle Dutch: mâlen
  - Dutch: malen
    - Afrikaans: maal
  - Limburgish: male
Old High German: mālōn, mālēn
- Middle High German: mālen
  - German: malen