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

Declension 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
  • Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌻 (mail)
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