English

McHell

From Mc- + hell.

Formed from Mc- + hell

Irish or Scottish Gaelic mac ‘son’

English Mc-

Proto-Germanic *haljō ‘hell’

Proto-West Germanic *hallju ‘the netherworld’

Old English hel

Middle English hel

English hell

Today it means

name McDonald's (the fast food restaurant chain).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.