"mēlą" meaning in Proto-Germanic

See mēlą in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛː.lɑ̃/
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *meh₁lom, from the root *meh₁- (“to measure”). Compare Latin semel. Etymology templates: {{root|gem-pro|ine-pro|*meh₁-}}, {{der|gem-pro|ine-pro|*meh₁lom}} Proto-Indo-European *meh₁lom, {{cog|la|semel}} Latin semel Inflection templates: {{gem-decl-noun}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], mēlą [nominative, singular], mēlō [nominative, plural], mēlą [singular, vocative], mēlō [plural, vocative], mēlą [accusative, singular], mēlō [accusative, plural], mēlas [genitive, singular], mēlis [genitive, singular], mēlǫ̂ [genitive, plural], mēlai [dative, singular], mēlamaz [dative, plural], mēlō [instrumental, singular], mēlamiz [instrumental, plural]
  1. measure, measurement Tags: neuter, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-mēlą-gem-pro-noun-aNHOGaPc
  2. time, occasion Tags: neuter, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-mēlą-gem-pro-noun-hM0UoDdM
  3. point in time, period of time Tags: neuter, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-mēlą-gem-pro-noun-dBu-nnLw Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 2 95 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 2 95 2 Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 96 2
  4. time for eating, meal Tags: neuter, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-mēlą-gem-pro-noun-YnGQFRux
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mēlijaną
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mēlijaną"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*māl"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *māl\nOld English: mǣl, mēl — Anglian, Kentish\nMiddle English: mel, mele, melle, mal, male, meyle (chiefly Northern), mæl, mæle, meal (Early Middle English)\nEnglish: meal\nScots: meal\nYola: meale, mele\n→ Irish: béile\nOld Frisian: mēl\nSaterland Frisian: Moal, Mäil\nWest Frisian: miel\nOld Saxon: māl\nMiddle Low German: mâl\nLow German: maal\nGerman Low German: Mahl\nOld Dutch: *māl\nMiddle Dutch: mâel\nDutch: maal\nAfrikaans: maal\nBerbice Creole Dutch: mali\nNegerhollands: mal\nLimburgish: maol\nOld High German: māl\nMiddle High German: māl\nBavarian: Moi\nCimbrian: mal\nMòcheno: mol\nGerman: Mahl, Mal, mal\nHunsrik: Mol\nLuxembourgish: Mol\nYiddish: מאָל (mol)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *māl\nOld English: mǣl, mēl — Anglian, Kentish\nMiddle English: mel, mele, melle, mal, male, meyle (chiefly Northern), mæl, mæle, meal (Early Middle English)\nEnglish: meal\nScots: meal\nYola: meale, mele\n→ Irish: béile\nOld Frisian: mēl\nSaterland Frisian: Moal, Mäil\nWest Frisian: miel\nOld Saxon: māl\nMiddle Low German: mâl\nLow German: maal\nGerman Low German: Mahl\nOld Dutch: *māl\nMiddle Dutch: mâel\nDutch: maal\nAfrikaans: maal\nBerbice Creole Dutch: mali\nNegerhollands: mal\nLimburgish: maol\nOld High German: māl\nMiddle High German: māl\nBavarian: Moi\nCimbrian: mal\nMòcheno: mol\nGerman: Mahl, Mal, mal\nHunsrik: Mol\nLuxembourgish: Mol\nYiddish: מאָל (mol)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "mál"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: mál",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: mál"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "mål"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: mål",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: mål"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "mál"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: mál",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: mál"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "mál"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: mál",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: mál"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "mål"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: mål",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: mål"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "mål"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: mål",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: mål"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "mål"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: mål",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: mål"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐌼𐌴𐌻"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌻 (mēl)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌻 (mēl)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*meh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*meh₁lom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *meh₁lom",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "semel"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin semel",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *meh₁lom, from the root *meh₁- (“to measure”). Compare Latin semel.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gem-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlą",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlą",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlą",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlamaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlamiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gem-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mēlą",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "measure, measurement"
      ],
      "id": "en-mēlą-gem-pro-noun-aNHOGaPc",
      "links": [
        [
          "measure",
          "measure"
        ],
        [
          "measurement",
          "measurement"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "time, occasion"
      ],
      "id": "en-mēlą-gem-pro-noun-hM0UoDdM",
      "links": [
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "occasion",
          "occasion"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 2 95 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 2 95 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 2 96 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "point in time, period of time"
      ],
      "id": "en-mēlą-gem-pro-noun-dBu-nnLw",
      "links": [
        [
          "period",
          "period"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "time for eating, meal"
      ],
      "id": "en-mēlą-gem-pro-noun-YnGQFRux",
      "links": [
        [
          "meal",
          "meal"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛː.lɑ̃/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mēlą"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Proto-Germanic a-stem nouns",
    "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-Germanic lemmas",
    "Proto-Germanic neuter nouns",
    "Proto-Germanic nouns",
    "Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *meh₁-",
    "gem-pro:Time"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "mēlijaną"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*māl"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *māl\nOld English: mǣl, mēl — Anglian, Kentish\nMiddle English: mel, mele, melle, mal, male, meyle (chiefly Northern), mæl, mæle, meal (Early Middle English)\nEnglish: meal\nScots: meal\nYola: meale, mele\n→ Irish: béile\nOld Frisian: mēl\nSaterland Frisian: Moal, Mäil\nWest Frisian: miel\nOld Saxon: māl\nMiddle Low German: mâl\nLow German: maal\nGerman Low German: Mahl\nOld Dutch: *māl\nMiddle Dutch: mâel\nDutch: maal\nAfrikaans: maal\nBerbice Creole Dutch: mali\nNegerhollands: mal\nLimburgish: maol\nOld High German: māl\nMiddle High German: māl\nBavarian: Moi\nCimbrian: mal\nMòcheno: mol\nGerman: Mahl, Mal, mal\nHunsrik: Mol\nLuxembourgish: Mol\nYiddish: מאָל (mol)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *māl\nOld English: mǣl, mēl — Anglian, Kentish\nMiddle English: mel, mele, melle, mal, male, meyle (chiefly Northern), mæl, mæle, meal (Early Middle English)\nEnglish: meal\nScots: meal\nYola: meale, mele\n→ Irish: béile\nOld Frisian: mēl\nSaterland Frisian: Moal, Mäil\nWest Frisian: miel\nOld Saxon: māl\nMiddle Low German: mâl\nLow German: maal\nGerman Low German: Mahl\nOld Dutch: *māl\nMiddle Dutch: mâel\nDutch: maal\nAfrikaans: maal\nBerbice Creole Dutch: mali\nNegerhollands: mal\nLimburgish: maol\nOld High German: māl\nMiddle High German: māl\nBavarian: Moi\nCimbrian: mal\nMòcheno: mol\nGerman: Mahl, Mal, mal\nHunsrik: Mol\nLuxembourgish: Mol\nYiddish: מאָל (mol)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "mál"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: mál",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: mál"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "mål"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: mål",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: mål"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "mál"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: mál",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: mál"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "mál"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: mál",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: mál"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "mål"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: mål",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: mål"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "mål"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: mål",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: mål"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "mål"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: mål",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: mål"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐌼𐌴𐌻"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌻 (mēl)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌻 (mēl)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
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        "3": "*meh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*meh₁lom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *meh₁lom",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "semel"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin semel",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *meh₁lom, from the root *meh₁- (“to measure”). Compare Latin semel.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gem-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlą",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlą",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlą",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlamaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēlamiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gem-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mēlą",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "measure, measurement"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "measure",
          "measure"
        ],
        [
          "measurement",
          "measurement"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "time, occasion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "occasion",
          "occasion"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "point in time, period of time"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "period",
          "period"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "time for eating, meal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meal",
          "meal"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛː.lɑ̃/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mēlą"
}

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