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Where does “mjöll” come from?

mjöll (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse mjǫll, from Proto-Germanic mellō.

mjöll (Icelandic): fresh snow

Definitions

  1. fresh snow

Ancestry of “mjöll”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemjǫllfresh snow
2Proto-Germanicmellō—

Words derived from “mjöll”

  • Mjallhvít
Every word from Proto-Germanic mellō →