←
Middle High German mālen (inherited)
←
Proto-West Germanic *mālijan (derived)
←
Old High German mālōn (inherited)
←
Old High German mālēn (mention)
←
Old High German māl (mention)
←
Ancient Greek μέλας (cognate)
←
Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (derived)
←
Lithuanian melas (cognate)
→
Icelandic mála (cognate)
→
Luxembourgish molen (cognate)
→
Latvian melns (cognate)
→
Old Norse mál (cognate)