Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/malaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to beat, crush, grind”). Cognate with Latin molō (“mill, grist, grind”, verb).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
- to grind
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *malaną (strong class 6)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *malan
- Old Norse: mala
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽 (malan)
References edit
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “malan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 351
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*malanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 257
- ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “MAL-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 344