mael

See also: Mael, Maël, máel, Máel, mæl, and mäl

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *maɣl, from Proto-Celtic *maglos, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”).

Noun

mael m

1. prince

Mutation

Mutated forms of mael

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mael	uael / vael	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Middle Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Yola

Noun

mael

1. alternative form of meale

References

• Charles Vallancey (1788), “Memoir of the Language, Manners and Customs of an Anglo-Saxon Colony Settled in the Baronies of Forth and Bargie, in the County of Wexford, Ireland, in 1167, 1168 and 1169.”, in The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy‎^[1], volume 2, Royal Irish Academy, page 32