Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/māl

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *mēlą.

Noun

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*māl n[1]

  1. time, occasion
  2. mealtime

Inflection

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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

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References

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  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