*maþlą

Runic: ᛗᚨᚦᛚᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈmɑθ.lɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

  1. gathering
  2. speech
  3. legal case
  4. agreement

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from a zero-grade stem of *mōtaną (‘to be permitted to, to be allowed’) (compare *mōtą (‘meeting’) for the semantics) + *-tlom (‘instrument suffix’). In the case of *maþlą, the root-final Proto-Indo-European *d of their common root may have been lost before the instrumental *-þlą ( < *-tlom) suffix, as in Proto-West Germanic *seþl from *séd-tlom; however, the existence of such a phonetic process is disputed, as a sequence of two dentals normally yields Germanic *-ss-, and there are alternative explanations for *seþl.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.maþląmaþlō
Acc.maþląmaþlō
Gen.maþlas, maþlismaþlǫ̂
Dat.maþlaimaþlamaz
Inst.maþlōmaþlamiz
Voc.maþląmaþlō

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Descendants

  • *maþl (Proto-West Germanic)
    • mæþel (Old English)
    • mēl (Old Frisian)
  • *maþl (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ? (Frankish)
      • mallum (Late Latin)
  • *maþl (Proto-West Germanic)
    • mahal, māl, madal (Old High German)
      • mahel, māl (Middle High German)
        • Mahl (German)
  • *maþl (Proto-West Germanic)
    • mahal (Old Saxon)
      • mal (Middle Low German)
  • mál (Old Norse)
    • mál (Faroese)
    • mál (Icelandic)
    • mål (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • mál (Old Norse)
    • mal (Old Danish)
      • mål (Danish)
  • mál (Old Norse)
    • māl (Old English)
      • mal, male (Middle English)
        • mail (English)
        • mail (Scots)
  • mál (Old Norse)
    • māl (Old Swedish)
      • mål (Swedish)
  • 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌻 (maþl) (Gothic)

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