Icelandic

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪlːa/
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    Rhymes: -ɪlːa
    Homophones: milla

Noun

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mylla f (genitive singular myllu, nominative plural myllur)

  1. mill (building housing grinding apparatus; the grinding apparatus itself)
  2. nine men's morris
  3. tic-tac-toe

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Derived terms

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Swedish

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Noun

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mylla c

  1. topsoil (that is rich in mold and fertile)

Declension

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Declension of mylla 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mylla myllan myllor myllorna
Genitive myllas myllans myllors myllornas

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