Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/malaną

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

From Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to beat, crush, grind”). Cognate with Latin molō (“mill, grist, grind”, verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.lɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*malaną

1. to grind

Inflection

Conjugation of *malaną (strong class 6)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*malō	*malaų	—	*malai	?
2nd singular	*malizi	*malaiz	*mal	*malazai	*malaizau
3rd singular	*malidi	*malai	*maladau	*maladai	*malaidau
1st dual	*malōz	*malaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*maladiz	*malaidiz	*maladiz	—	—
1st plural	*malamaz	*malaim	—	*malandai	*malaindau
2nd plural	*malid	*malaid	*malid	*malandai	*malaindau
3rd plural	*malandi	*malain	*malandau	*malandai	*malaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*mōl	*mōlį̄
2nd singular	*mōlt	*mōlīz
3rd singular	*mōl	*mōlī
1st dual	*mōlū	*mōlīw
2nd dual	*mōludiz	*mōlīdiz
1st plural	*mōlum	*mōlīm
2nd plural	*mōlud	*mōlīd
3rd plural	*mōlun	*mōlīn
	present	past
participles	*malandz	*malanaz

Related terms

• *mellō
• *melwą
• *muljaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *malan
  • Old Frisian:
    • West Frisian: mealle
  • Old Saxon: malan
    • Middle Low German: malen
      • Low German: mahlen
  • Old Dutch: *malan
    • Middle Dutch: mālen
      • Dutch: malen
        • Afrikaans: maal
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: mali
        • Negerhollands: maal
      • Limburgish: male
  • Old High German: malan
    • Middle High German: malen, maln
      • Bavarian: måhln, moihn
      • German: mahlen
      • Luxembourgish: muelen
      • Mòcheno: moln
• Old Norse: mala
  • Icelandic: mala
  • Faroese: mala
  • Norwegian: male
  • Old Swedish: mala
    • Swedish: mala
  • Danish: male
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽 (malan)