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NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

mold.

humus, earth, soil, topsoil

4 characters1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/mɔl/
  1. humus, earth, soil, topsoil

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Norwegian Nynorsk mold, from Old Norse mold (“earth, dirt, soil”), from Proto-Germanic *muldō (“mould, soil, dirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”). Doublet of muld of Danish origin.

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