Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/malhu

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *malhō (“leather bag”).

Noun

*malhu f

1. leather bag

   Synonyms: *balgi, *keudu, *kuddō

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*malhu
Genitive	*malhā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*malhu	*malhō
Accusative	*malhā	*malhā
Genitive	*malhā	*malhō
Dative	*malhē	*malhōm, *malhum
Instrumental	*malhu	*malhōm, *malhum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: malaha
  • Middle Low German: māle, maele, meile
• Old Dutch: *mala
  • Middle Dutch: male, mael, maele
    • Dutch: maal, malie
• Old High German: malaha, malha
  • Middle High German: malhe
• → Medieval Latin: mala [abt. 920, France] (see there for further descendants)