Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mēlāną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Related to *mēlą (“stain, mark, spot”) +‎ *-āną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛː.lɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*mēlāną

1. to stain
2. to paint

Inflection

Conjugation of *mēlāną (weak class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*mēlō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*mēlaisi	?	*mēlai	*mēlāsai	?
3rd singular	*mēlaiþi	?	*mēlāþau	*mēlāþai	?
1st dual	*mēlōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*mēlāþiz	?	*mēlāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*mēlāmaz	?	—	*mēlānþai	?
2nd plural	*mēlaiþ	?	*mēlaiþ	*mēlānþai	?
3rd plural	*mēlānþi	?	*mēlānþau	*mēlānþai	?
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*mēladǭ	*mēladēdį̄
2nd singular	*mēladēz	*mēladēdīz
3rd singular	*mēladē	*mēladēdī
1st dual	*mēladēdū	*mēladēdīw
2nd dual	*mēladēdudiz	*mēladēdīdiz
1st plural	*mēladēdum	*mēladēdīm
2nd plural	*mēladēdud	*mēladēdīd
3rd plural	*mēladēdun	*mēladēdīn
	present	past
participles	*mēlāndz	*mēladaz

Alternative reconstructions

• *mēlōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *mālēn
  • Old Frisian: mēlia
    • West Frisian: mielje
    • Saterland Frisian: moalje
  • Old Saxon: mālōn
    • Middle Low German: mâlen
      • German Low German: malen
      • → Danish: male
      • → Old Swedish: māla
        • Swedish: måla
  • Old Dutch: *mālon
    • Middle Dutch: mâlen
      • Dutch: malen
      • Limburgish: maole
  • Old High German: mālēn
    • Middle High German: mālen
      • German: malen
      • → Polish: malować
      • Yiddish: מאָלן (moln)
• Old Norse: mála
  • Icelandic: mála
  • Faroese: mála
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: måla, måle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: male
  • Swedish: måla
  • Danish: male