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Mahl

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(Englisch)

meal, repast

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Basel-Landschaft

meeli

Basel-Landschaft

mool

Daten bereitgestellt von: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/maːl/

Geerbt von Mittelhochdeutsch

Geerbt von Althochdeutsch

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Verwandt mit Dänisch

In summary

The same word as Mal (“time”), from Middle High German māl, from Old High German māl, from Proto-West Germanic *māl. The sense “meal” developed from “mealtime” as also in cognate English meal. Further cognate with Dutch maal, Danish mål (“goal”). The orthographic distinction from Mal began in Early Modern German, probably in part under influence of etymology 2 below, which was then becoming obsolete. Later grammarians, at any rate, were in doubt about which of the two was the origin of the word for “meal”.