Where does “μαλλί” come from?

μαλλί (Greek) comes from Byzantine Greek μαλλίν, from Ancient Greek μαλλίον, from Ancient Greek μαλλός — flock of wool; tress, braid of hair.

μαλλί (Greek): wool; all the hairs of the head

Definitions

  1. wool; all the hairs of the head

Ancestry of “μαλλί”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Byzantine Greekμαλλίν—
2Ancient Greekμαλλίον—
3Ancient Greekμαλλόςflock of wool; tress, braid of hair
Every word from Ancient Greek μαλλός →Every word from Ancient Greek μαλλίον →Every word from Byzantine Greek μαλλίν →