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Mahl

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(Inglés)

meal, repast

Frecuencia

Basilea-Campo

meeli

Basilea-Campo

mool

Datos proporcionados por: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/maːl/

Herdado de Middle High German

Herdado de Old High German

Relativo a neerlandés

Relativo a dinamarqués

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”.