Etymology Explorer › Old Irish

Where does “mil” come from?

mil (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic meli, from Proto-Indo-European mélid — honey.

mil (Old Irish): animal; louse

Definitions

  1. animal; louse

Ancestry of “mil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticmelihoney
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmélidhoney

Words derived from “mil”

  • míolchruthach
  • míol
  • meeyl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélid →