Where does “meal” come from?

meal (Aromanian) comes from Albanian mal, from Proto-Albanian *mal̄.

meal (Aromanian): steep, scarped shore region; boondocks

Definitions

  1. steep, scarped shore region; boondocks

Ancestry of “meal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianmalmount; mountain
2Proto-Albanian*mal̄—
Every word from Proto-Albanian *mal̄ →Every word from Albanian mal →
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