English
Meols
Meols comes from Old Norse melr ‘sand-dune’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- ‘to beat, pound, grind, mill’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*melh₂-‘to beat, pound, grind, mill’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*melha- ~ *melga-‘sand bank’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350melr‘sand-dune’
- EnglishtodayMeols
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*melh₂-‘to beat, pound, grind, mill’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*melha- ~ *melga-‘sand bank’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350melr‘sand-dune’
- EnglishtodayMeols
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- ‘to beat, pound, grind, mill’
miller, mill, meal, mild, mould, mule, mold, mole, muller, camo, bonanza, mullet, mull, amalgam, malleable, melatonin, moulin, molar, martel, maelstrom, moline, malm, amyl, 39 more
Today it means
name A suburb of Hoylake, Merseyside, England.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- / Meols