Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/māl

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *mēlą.

Noun

*māl n

1. time, occasion
2. mealtime

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*māl
Genitive	*mālas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*māl	*mālu
Accusative	*māl	*mālu
Genitive	*mālas	*mālō
Dative	*mālē	*mālum
Instrumental	*mālu	*mālum

Descendants

• Old English: mǣl, mēl — Anglian, Kentish
  • Middle English: mel, mele, melle; mal, male, meyle (chiefly Northern); mæl, mæle, meal (Early Middle English)
    • English: meal
    • Scots: meal
    • Yola: meale, mele
    • → Irish: béile
• Old Frisian: mēl
  • Saterland Frisian: Moal, Mäil
  • West Frisian: miel
• Old Saxon: māl
  • Middle Low German: mâl
    • Low German: maal
    • German Low German: Mahl
• Old Dutch: *māl
  • Middle Dutch: mâel
    • Dutch: maal
      • Afrikaans: maal
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: mali
      • Negerhollands: mal
  • Limburgish: maol
• Old High German: māl
  • Middle High German: māl
    • Bavarian: Moi

      Cimbrian: mal

      Mòcheno: mol

    • German: Mahl, Mal, mal
    • Hunsrik: Mol
    • Luxembourgish: Mol
    • Yiddish: מאָל (mol)