mala

Icelandic

/ˈmaːla/

verb-weak

Definitions

to grind
to purr
to blabber, babble, talk

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse mala inherited from Proto-Germanic *malaną (grind, grindVerb).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*malaną

Gloss

grind, grindVerb

Concept

Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Malarici Latin
maelstrom Dutch, Flemish
*melh₂- Proto-Indo-European
*malaną Proto-Germanic
mala Norwegian Nynorsk
mylenstān Old English
mala Old Norse
mala Faroese
𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽 Gothic
*malan gmw-pro
mala Old Swedish
melm lng