Mahl

mahl East Central German Etymology From gmw-ecg gmh mel (genitive gmh melwes), from gmw-ecg goh melo, from gmw-ecg gmw-pro *melu. Cognate with nl meel, en meal ground-up grain, beans, seeds, etc flour. Noun gmw-ecg noun n gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch flour; meal ground cereal gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch powder; dust any result of grinding Further reading 83 gmw-ecg Foods German Pronunciation de /maːl/ de De-Mahl.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de Mal mal mahl de aːl 1 Etymology 1 de gem-pro 1 The same word as de Mal time, from de gmh māl, from de goh māl, from de gmw-pro *māl. The sense “meal” developed from “mealtime” as also in cognate en meal. Further cognate with nl maal, da mål goal. The orthographic distinction from de Mal began in Early Modern German, probably in part under influence of etymology 2 below, which was then becoming obsolete. Later grammarians, at any rate, were in doubt about which of the two was the origin of the word for “meal”. Noun n,(e)s,^er:e de elevated meal, repast de Essen Mahlzeit Declension n,(e)s,^er:e Derived terms de Abendmahl de Henkersmahl de Mahlzeit Etymology 2 From de gmh mahel, from de goh mahal, from de gmw-pro *maþl, from de gem-pro *maþlą *maþlą, *mahlą. Cognate with da mål language, is mál. Noun n,(e)s de obsolete a public assembly or council, especially for judicial purposes Related terms de Gemahl de vermählen Further reading