malen.
to paint (do paintwork)
Meaning & usage
to paint (do paintwork)
to paint (create a painting)
to draw, depict (with a pencil, computer program, etc.)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *mēlą Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *mēlijaną Proto-West Germanic *mālijan Old High German mālōn Middle High German mālen German malen From Middle High German mālen, from Old High German mālōn, mālēn, denominative of māl (“spot, stain”), from Proto-West Germanic *mālijan, from Proto-Germanic *mēlijaną (compare Dutch maal), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“dark color”) (compare Lithuanian mė́las (“black”), Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “dark-colored, black”)).
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