English
malmy
From malm + -y.
Formed from malm + -y
Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- ‘to grind’
Proto-Germanic *malmaz ‘sand, ore’
Old English mealm ‘sand, chalk’
Middle English malme ‘sand’
English malm
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of malm.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / malmy