Where does “måle” come from?
måle (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål mål, from Dutch mal, from Old French mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
måle (Norwegian Bokmål): to measure
Definitions
- to measure
Ancestry of “måle”, step by step
måle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål mål
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | mål | language, dialect; aim, goal, purpose, target,... |
| 2 | Dutch | mal | mold, cast; foolish, crazy, lacking common sense |
| 3 | Old French | mole | — |
| 4 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Old Norse mála
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | mála | to grind |
| 2 | Middle Low German | mālen | to draw, paint; to paint |
| 3 | Old Saxon | *mālōn | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *mālēn | to paint |
| 5 | Proto-Albanian | melana | black |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂-n- | dull black |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |