mylla
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Alteration of earlier mylna, likely influenced by the Danish cognate mølle. The earlier form mylna is likely borrowed from Old English mylen, or from Old Saxon mulin, in either case from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu (“mill”), from Late Latin molīna, from Latin molō (“grind, mill”, verb). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“grind, crush”) and related to several inherited words such as mala, mylja and mold.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mylla f (genitive singular myllu, nominative plural myllur)
- mill (building housing grinding apparatus; the grinding apparatus itself)
- nine men's morris
- tic-tac-toe
Declension edit
declension of mylla
Derived terms edit
- vindmylla (“windmill”)
- vatnsmylla (“watermill”)
- myllumerki (“hashtag”)
Swedish edit
Noun edit
mylla c
- topsoil (that is rich in mold and fertile)
Declension edit
Declension of mylla | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mylla | myllan | myllor | myllorna |
Genitive | myllas | myllans | myllors | myllornas |