*mailą

Runic: ᛗᚨᛁᛚᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈmɑi̯.lɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

spot, mark, blemish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mel-, *melw- (‘dark, dirty; to soil’), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (‘to soil’). Cognate with Lithuanian miẽles (‘yeast, barm, leaven’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.mailąmailō
Acc.mailąmailō
Gen.mailas, mailismailǫ̂
Dat.mailaimailamaz
Inst.mailōmailamiz
Voc.mailąmailō

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Descendants

  • *mail (Proto-West Germanic)
    • māl (Old English)
      • mal, mole, mool (Middle English)
        • mole (English)
        • mail, mold (Scots)
  • *mail (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *māl (Old Frisian)
      • Moal (Saterland Frisian)
  • *mail (Proto-West Germanic)
    • meil, meila (Old High German)
      • meil, meile (Middle High German)
        • Meil (German)
  • *mail (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *mēl (Old Saxon)
      • *mêl, meil (Middle Low German)
  • 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌻 (mail) (Gothic)

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