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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

male.

to paint

4 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈmaːlə/[ˈmɛːlə]
  1. to paint

Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German mālen (“to draw, paint”), from Old Saxon mālōn, from Proto-West Germanic *mālōn, from Proto-Germanic *mēlōną, which could be related to *mailą (“spot, blemish, mark”). Cognate with Icelandic mála (“to paint”).

verb/ˈmaːlə/[ˈmɛːlə]
  1. to grind, mill

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse mala, from Proto-Germanic *malaną (“to grind”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, rub, break up”). Cognate with Icelandic mala.

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