Where does “māl” come from?

māl (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic mailą, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

Ancestry of “māl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmailąspot, mark, blemish
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “māl”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mailą →
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