mylla

Icelandic

Etymology

Alteration of earlier mylna, likely influenced by the Danish cognate mølle. The earlier form mylna is likely borrowed from Old English mylen, or from Old Saxon mulin, in either case from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu (“mill”), from Late Latin molīna, from Latin molō (“grind, mill”, verb). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“grind, crush”) and related to several inherited words such as mala, mylja and mold.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪlːa/

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  Rhymes: -ɪlːa

  Homophones: milla

Noun

mylla f (genitive singular myllu, nominative plural myllur)

1. mill (building housing grinding apparatus; the grinding apparatus itself)
2. nine men's morris
3. tic-tac-toe

Derived terms

• vindmylla (“windmill”)
• vatnsmylla (“watermill”)
• myllumerki (“hashtag”)

Swedish

Noun

mylla c

1. topsoil (that is rich in mold and fertile)

Declension

Declension of mylla
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mylla	myllan	myllor	myllorna
Genitive	myllas	myllans	myllors	myllornas

See also

• matjord (“topsoil”)
• mull (“mold (loose soil)”)

References

• mylla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mylla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mylla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)