Where does “mo” come from?

mo (Old Irish) comes from Vietnamese máu, from Proto-Celtic *māyūs, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

mo (Old Irish): my

Definitions

  1. my

Ancestry of “mo”, step by step

mo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese máu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemáublood; an inherent trait; health
2Proto-Celtic*māyūs—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

via Proto-Celtic *mene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic*menemy

Words derived from “mo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Celtic *māyūs →Every word from Vietnamese máu →