meann

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *mendo- (“kid, suckling”), which could ultimately be from the same root as maoin (“mild, tender”),[1] though Stokes prefers a comparison to Ancient Greek μαζός (mazós, “breast”), Old High German manzon, Albanian mεnt (“suck”).

Noun[edit]

meann m (genitive singular minn, plural minn)

  1. kid (animal)

References[edit]

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “meann”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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