mál
Faroese
/mɔɑːl/
noun
Definitions
- language
- speech
- talk
- matter
- (legal) cause
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse mál (speech, language, matter, affair, size, measurement, time, meal, agreement, lawsuit, case) derived from Proto-Germanic *maþlą (gathering, speech).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*maþlą
Gloss
gathering, speech
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *meh₂d- Proto-Indo-European
- *weyd- Proto-Indo-European
- mål Norwegian Bokmål
- *maþlą Proto-Germanic
- *mēlą Proto-Germanic
- mål Swedish
- mål Norwegian Nynorsk
- mæþel Old English
- māl Old English
- mál Old Norse
- mæli Old Norse
- mål Danish
- måle Danish
- mál Icelandic
- Madrosende Galician
- bygd Faroese
- bygdarmál Faroese
- endamál Faroese
- endi Faroese
- heim Faroese
- heimamál Faroese
- krambúð Faroese
- krambúðarmál Faroese
- læra Faroese
- málfrøði Faroese
- mállæra Faroese
- málspark Faroese
- málteigur Faroese
- málvísindi Faroese
- móðir Faroese
- móðurmál Faroese
- móðurmálslærari Faroese
- móðurmálsorðabók Faroese
- spark Faroese
- teigur Faroese
- áhugamál Faroese
- áhugi Faroese
- 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌻 Gothic
- malado Old Portuguese
- mahal Old Saxon