Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/muldō

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 grind, crush”)

Noun

*muldō f

1. mould
2. soil, dirt

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *muldō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*muldō	*muldôz
vocative	*muldō	*muldôz
accusative	*muldǭ	*muldōz
genitive	*muldōz	*muldǫ̂
dative	*muldōi	*muldōmaz
instrumental	*muldō	*muldōmiz

Derived terms

• *muldijaną

Descendants

• Old English: molde
  • Middle English: molde
    • English: mold, mould, mool
    • Scots: muild, moud
• Old Dutch: *molda
  • Middle Dutch: moude
    • Dutch: moude
• Old High German: molta
  • Middle High German: molte f, molt m
    • German: Molte, Molde (obsolete or dialectal)
• Old Norse: mold
  • Faroese: mold
  • Icelandic: mold
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mold
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: mold
  • Old Swedish: muld
    • Swedish: mull
  • Old Danish: muld
    • Danish: muld
      • Norwegian Bokmål: muld m or f
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda)
• → Proto-Finnic: *multa