Where does “mala” come from?

mala (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic malax, from Proto-Indo-European ml̥Hdʰo-.

Ancestry of “mala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticmalax
2Proto-Indo-Europeanml̥Hdʰo-

Words derived from “mala

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ml̥Hdʰo-Every word from Proto-Celtic malax