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Where does “mallar” come from?

mallar (Galician) comes from Galician mallo, from Latin malleus, from Proto-Indo-European melh₂-no-, from Proto-Indo-European melh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European mel-, from Proto-Indo-European mey- — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

mallar (Galician): to thresh; to hammer; to beat up

Definitions

  1. to thresh; to hammer; to beat up

Ancestry of “mallar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianmallolarge mallet; sledgehammer; flail; handle of the...
2Latinmalleushammer, mallet; a disease of animals; the...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-no-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

Words derived from “mallar”

  • malleira
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