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mil.

animal, beast, creature

3 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/miːl/
  1. animal, beast, creature

    masculine
  2. vermin (animal not normally eaten by people)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh mil, from Proto-Brythonic *mil (compare Cornish mil, Breton mil), from Proto-Celtic *mīlom (compare Old Irish míl and its descendants; Irish míol, Scottish Gaelic míl, Manx meeyl), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (“small animal””). Compare Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “lamb”), Armenian մալ (mal, “sheep; mutton; wether; cattle; livestock”), Central Kurdish ماڵ (mall, “livestock”), Dutch maal (“calf”).

num/miːl/
  1. one thousand

    cardinal · feminine · numeral
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh mil, from Proto-Brythonic *mil, from Latin mīlia. Cognate with Cornish mil, Breton mil, Irish míle.

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