Where does “meyl” come from?

meyl (Cornish) comes from Latin mugil, from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- — slimy, slippery; slip, slime.

meyl (Cornish): mullet (family Mullidae)

Definitions

  1. mullet (family Mullidae)

Ancestry of “meyl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmugilmullet
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-k-slimy, slippery; slip, slime
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-k-Every word from Latin mugil