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and Italian "il mulino"... it all comes from Latin "molinum" for the mill (and "mola" for the grind stone used in mills)

• yobbo 3y ago
  The name of Thor's hammer "mjolnir" (as english speakers would see it) did not come through latin though, so the version of the word in germanic languages was inherited independently. "Mjolnir" means something like "crusher" and the noun "mjol" (flour) means "having been ground up". For example, it can be combined as vetemjöl (wheat flour) or stenmjöl (ground stone or stone powder).
  • denton-scratch 3y ago
    > the noun "mjol" (flour) means "having been ground up" Ah - "mjol" as flour must be cognate with "meal". I hadn't previously associated meal with mills, but it makes sense.
    • hnbad 3y ago
      As another data point: meal/flour is "Mehl" in German. Mehl/meal is milled in a Mühle/mill.
      • Ichthypresbyter 3y ago
        Flour was originally only the highest quality grade- the "flower"- of ground grain.
    • vidarh 3y ago
      Meal appears to be a cognate of Old Norse "mál" ("mål", "måltid" - meal, meal time - in modern Norwegian) rather than mjol. Compare also Mehl (flour) vs Mahl (meal) in German.
      • yobbo 3y ago
        Both meanings exist in English - "stonemeal" or "oatmeal" for example.