Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/muldō
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”)[1]
Noun
*muldō f
Inflection
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | *muldō | *muldôz |
vocative | *muldō | *muldôz |
accusative | *muldǭ | *muldōz |
genitive | *muldōz | *muldǫ̂ |
dative | *muldōi | *muldōmaz |
instrumental | *muldō | *muldōmiz |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: molde
- Old Dutch: *molda
- Old High German: molta
- Middle High German: molte f, molt m
- German: Molte, Molde (Central Germany) (obsolete or dialectal)
- Middle High German: molte f, molt m
- Old Norse: mold
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda)
- → Proto-Finnic: *multa
References
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “moude”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute