Etymograph

English

Moylan

Moylan comes from Irish Ó Maoileáin ‘descendant of Maoileán’, from maol ‘bald’, and ultimately from Proto-Celtic *mailos.

  1. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*mailos‘bald’reconstructed
  2. Old Irishc. 600–900máel‘bald, hornless, blunt’
  3. Irishc. 1200–presentmaol‘bald’
  4. Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentÓ Maoileáin‘descendant of Maoileán’diminutive of maol
  5. EnglishtodayMoylan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*mailos‘bald’reconstructed
  2. Old Irishc. 600–900máel‘bald, hornless, blunt’
  3. Irishc. 1200–presentmaol‘bald’
  4. Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentÓ Maoileáin‘descendant of Maoileán’diminutive of maol
  5. EnglishtodayMoylan

The story

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoileáin (‘descendant of Maoileán’), a diminutive of maol (‘bald’).

Linked words

through Proto-Celtic *mailos ‘bald’

mull, 1 more

Today it means

name A surname from Irish.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Celtic *mailos / Moylan

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