*mēlą
Runic: ᛗᛖᛚᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈmɛː.lɑ̃/noun · neuter · a-stem
Meanings
- time, occasion
- point in time, period of time
- time for eating, meal
- spot, mark
- measure, measurement
Etymology
(SS: Kroonen 2017 has *meh₁-tló-m) From Proto-Indo-European *meHlom; in regards to the further root, Kroonen etymologically sifts out the senses, which appear to have been conflated in descendants, as follows:
Compare also Latin semel (‘once’).
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | mēlą | mēlō |
| Acc. | mēlą | mēlō |
| Gen. | mēlas, mēlis | mēlǫ̂ |
| Dat. | mēlai | mēlamaz |
| Inst. | mēlō | mēlamiz |
| Voc. | mēlą | mēlō |
Descendants
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*māl (Proto-West Germanic)
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*māl (Old Dutch)
- maol (Limburgish)
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*māl (Old Dutch)
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*māl (Proto-West Germanic)
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*māl (Old Dutch)
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mâel (Middle Dutch)
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maal (Dutch)
- maal (Afrikaans)
- mali (Berbice Creole Dutch)
- mal (Negerhollands)
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maal (Dutch)
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mâel (Middle Dutch)
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*māl (Old Dutch)
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*māl (Proto-West Germanic)
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mǣl, mēl (Old English)
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mel, mele, melle, mal, male, meyle, mæl, mæle, meal (Middle English)
- meal (English)
- béile (Irish)
- meal (Scots)
- meale, mele (Yola)
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mel, mele, melle, mal, male, meyle, mæl, mæle, meal (Middle English)
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mǣl, mēl (Old English)
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*māl (Proto-West Germanic)
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mēl (Old Frisian)
- Moal, Mäil (Saterland Frisian)
- miel (West Frisian)
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mēl (Old Frisian)
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*māl (Proto-West Germanic)
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māl (Old High German)
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māl (Middle High German)
- Moi (Bavarian)
- Mahl, Mal, mal (German)
- Mol (Hunsrik)
- Mol (Luxembourgish)
- מאָל (mol) (Yiddish)
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māl (Middle High German)
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māl (Old High German)
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*māl (Proto-West Germanic)
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māl (Old Saxon)
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mâl (Middle Low German)
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Maal (Low German)
- Mahl (German Low German)
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Maal (Low German)
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mâl (Middle Low German)
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māl (Old Saxon)
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mál (Old Norse)
- mål (Danish)
- mál (Faroese)
- mál (Icelandic)
- mål (Norwegian Bokmål)
- mål (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- mål (Swedish)
- 𐌼𐌴𐌻 (mēl) (Gothic)
- 𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌰 (mēla) (Gothic)
- *mālē (Proto-Samic)