Where does “maol” come from?

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

maol (Irish): bald; bare; unprotected

Definitions

  1. bald; bare; unprotected

Ancestry of “maol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old IrishMáelbald, bare, shaved, shorn, tonsured
2Proto-Celticmailosbald; bare

Words derived from “maol”

Every word from Proto-Celtic mailos →Every word from Old Irish Máel →
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