Where does “meayl” come from?

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

meayl (Manx): bald, hairless; hornless; bleak

Definitions

  1. bald, hairless; hornless; bleak

Ancestry of “meayl”, 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 →
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