anything with which ground is smoothed; trowel; harrow
köken: From Middle Persian *mālag, whence also Arabic مَالَج (mālaj), مَالَق (mālaq, “trowel”) and مَيْلَق (maylaq, “touchstone, whetstone”); from the stem of مالیدن (mâlidan, “to rub, to smooth, to polish”).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *mṓˀlas Proto-Slavic *màlъ Old Polish mały Polish mały Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Balto-Slavic *-is Proto-Slavic *-ь Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Balto-Slavic *-jas Proto-Slavic *-jь Proto-Slavic *-ьje Old Polish -e Polish -e Polish male From mały + -e.