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Where does “mēlamiz” come from?

mēlamiz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic mēlą, from Proto-Indo-European melh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European mel-, from Proto-Indo-European mey- — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

Ancestry of “mēlamiz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmēląmeasure, measurement; time, occasion; point in...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

Words derived from “mēlamiz”

  • inchmeal
  • leafmeal
  • wordmeal
  • -meal
  • pagemeal
  • sechsmal
  • zwölfmal
  • neunmal
  • fünfzehnmal
  • -mal
  • keinmal
  • vierundzwanzigmal
  • fünfhundertmal
  • zehnmalig
  • zehnmal
  • zwanzigmal
  • tausendmal
  • zweimal
  • einundzwanzigmal
  • zweimalig
  • hundertmal
  • fünfmal
  • siebenmal
  • zweiundzwanzigmal
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