Proto-Germanic: *malma-z, *milma-z, *mulma-z, -n; *mulēn; *millō; *muldō; *malō; ? *malwian- vb.
Meaning: sand, ore
Gothic: malma m. (a) `sand'; mulda f. (ō) `dust'; ? *ga-malwjan `zermalmen, zerstossen'
Old Norse: malm-r `Erz; Metall, Waffe (poet.)'; mjɔll f. `trockener Neuschnee'; moli m. `Stückchen'; mold f. `Erde'; mɔl f. `Kies, grober Sand'; ? mölva, melja wk. `zermalmen' (poet.)
Norwegian: malm `Erz'; mjöll, mjell; mole; mol; mold; mol
Swedish: malm `Sandebene; Erz'; smule; dial. mjɔl(l)a `Art feiner Sanderde'; dial. mjog `Sandhügel'; dial. mjäla, mjälla `feine Sanderde'; dial. mal `Kies'; mull `Erde'; ; dial. smula `zermalmen'
Old Danish: malm `Erz; das feste Holz in Tannen und Fichten'; muld `Erde'
Danish: smule; ; dial. smule `zerbröckeln'
Old English: mealm, -es m. `sand, chalk'; { smola, smula, smule `Grund' }; { mylsn `Staub' }; myl 'Staub'
Old Saxon: melm `Staub, Sand'
Middle Dutch: molm, mollem, mollen n., melm m., melme f. `stof, droog zand'
Dutch: molm m., n.; { mul }
Middle Low German: mül 'Staub'
Low German: Müll, Mull 'lockere Erde'
Old High German: melm `Staub, Erde' (9.Jh.); ; mol(a)wēn `zerschmelzen, vergehen'; molta `Staub, Erde'; gimulli (9.Jh.) 'Staub, Schutt'
Middle High German: mëlm st. m. 'staub, sand'; { malmen `zermalmen' }; { mulm } mulle, mul st. f. 'staub, müll'
German: Mulm m.; (zer)malmen; Müll m.
Comments: See *mala-n (in Germanic the roots are completely confused).
