mala
Old Norse
verb
Definitions
- to grind
- to make a grinding sound, e.g. to purr (of a cat)
Etymology
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
- maalata Finnish
- Malarici Latin
- maelstrom Dutch, Flemish
- *melh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *malaną Proto-Germanic
- mala Swedish
- mala Norwegian Nynorsk
- mylenstān Old English
- mala Icelandic
- malan Old High German
- mala Faroese
- malen Middle High German
- maln Middle High German
- 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *malan gmw-pro
- malan Old Saxon
- mala Old Swedish
- mahle Central Franconian
- melm lng