Where does “maol” come from?

maol (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish Máel, from Proto-Celtic mailos — bald; bare.

maol (Scottish Gaelic): bald; hornless; blunt

Definitions

  1. bald; hornless; blunt

Ancestry of “maol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old IrishMáelbald, bare, shaved, shorn, tonsured
2Proto-Celticmailosbald; bare

Words derived from “maol”

Every word from Proto-Celtic mailos →Every word from Old Irish Máel →