Where does “maos” come from?

maos (Irish) comes from Irish maoth, from Middle Irish máeth, from Old Irish moíth, from Proto-Celtic moyto-, from Proto-Indo-European meyh₁- — mild, soft.

maos (Irish): saturated state, saturation

Definitions

  1. saturated state, saturation

Ancestry of “maos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishmaothsoft, tender; weak, enervate; moist
2Middle Irishmáethsoft, tender, yielding
3Old Irishmoíth—
4Proto-Celticmoyto-tender
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyh₁-mild, soft

Words derived from “maos”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyh₁- →Every word from Proto-Celtic moyto- →Every word from Old Irish moíth →