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Where does “meain-oayllys” come from?

meain-oayllys (Manx) comes from Manx meain, from Middle Irish mían, from Proto-Celtic *meinis, from Proto-Indo-European mēy(H)nis, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mēy(H)- — to cut, hew.

meain-oayllys (Manx): metallurgy

Definitions

  1. metallurgy

Ancestry of “meain-oayllys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Manxmeainore; mine
2Middle Irishmíanmineral, ore
3Proto-Celtic*meinis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy(H)nis—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)mēy(H)-to cut, hew
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