mála
Icelandic
/ˈmauːla/
verb-weak
Definitions
- to paint houses
- to paint pictures
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse mála inherited from Proto-Germanic *mēlōną derived from Middle Low German mâlen (paint, draw).
Origin
Middle Low German
mâlen
Gloss
paint, draw
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
塗
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Malbuch German
- ausmalen German
- bemalen German
- malen German
- male Norwegian Bokmål
- *mēlijaną Proto-Germanic
- *mēlōną Proto-Germanic
- måla Swedish
- målare Swedish
- måle Norwegian Nynorsk
- mála Old Norse
- male Danish
- maler Danish
- maleri Danish
- maling Danish
- malstrøm Danish
- listmálari Icelandic
- málari Icelandic
- málverk Icelandic
- verk Icelandic
- mála Faroese
- mālen Middle High German
- malen Middle Low German
- mâlen Middle Low German
- mālen Middle Low German
- māla Old Swedish