Etymology Explorer
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Where does “mala” come from?
mala (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic malax, from Proto-Indo-European ml̥Hdʰo-.
Ancestry of “mala”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Celtic
malax
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2
Proto-Indo-European
ml̥Hdʰo-
—
Words derived from “mala”
mala
mála
mala
máilín
mála scoile
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ml̥Hdʰo- →
Every word from Proto-Celtic malax →