mål
Danish
/mɔːl/, /mɔːl/
noun
Definitions
- language
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
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Abendmahl German
- Festmahl German
- Frühmahl German
- Mahl German
- Mahlzeit German
- Nachtmahl German
- afscheidsmaal Dutch, Flemish
- andermaal Dutch, Flemish
- avondmaal Dutch, Flemish
- dikmaals Dutch, Flemish
- doodsmaal Dutch, Flemish
- eenmaal Dutch, Flemish
- etmaal Dutch, Flemish
- gastmaal Dutch, Flemish
- maal Dutch, Flemish
- maaltijd Dutch, Flemish
- middagmaal Dutch, Flemish
- nogmaals Dutch, Flemish
- scheidmaal Dutch, Flemish
- toenmalig Dutch, Flemish
- tweemaal Dutch, Flemish
- voormalig Dutch, Flemish
- *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
- flade Danish
- flademål Danish
- mand Danish
- måle Danish
- målløs Danish
- målmand Danish
- målrettet Danish
- målsprog Danish
- rettet Danish
- selv Danish
- selvmål Danish
- slag Danish
- slagsmål Danish
- sprog Danish
- spørge Danish
- spørgsmål Danish
- ydermål Danish
- mál Icelandic
- Madrosende Galician
- mael Middle Dutch
- mál Faroese
- 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌻 Gothic
- malado Old Portuguese
- mahal Old Saxon
- spørsmaal Old Danish