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
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)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 150: “PWGmc *māl”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 150: “PWGmc *māl”

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