Where does “maoil” come from?

maoil (Irish) comes from Old Irish Máel, from Proto-Celtic mailos — bald; bare.

maoil (Irish): rounded summit, hillock, knoll

Definitions

  1. rounded summit, hillock, knoll

Ancestry of “maoil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old IrishMáelbald, bare, shaved, shorn, tonsured
2Proto-Celticmailosbald; bare
Every word from Proto-Celtic mailos →Every word from Old Irish Máel →