Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mailą

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 *mel-, *melw- (“dark, dirty; to soil”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to soil”). Cognate with Lithuanian miẽles (“yeast, barm, leaven”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑi̯.lɑ̃/

Noun

*mailą n

1. spot, mark, blemish

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *mailą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mailą	*mailō
vocative	*mailą	*mailō
accusative	*mailą	*mailō
genitive	*mailas, *mailis	*mailǫ̂
dative	*mailai	*mailamaz
instrumental	*mailō	*mailamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *mail
  • Old English: māl
    • Middle English: mal, mole, mool
      • English: mole
      • Scots: mail, mold
  • Old Frisian: *māl
    • Saterland Frisian: Moal
  • Old Saxon: *mēl
    • Middle Low German: *mêl, meil
  • Old High German: meil; meila
    • Middle High German: meil; meile
      • German: Meil
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌻 (mail)