Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA naevus, a pigmented, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy spot on the skin.
From Middle English mole, mool, from Old English māl (“a mole, spot, mark, blemish”), from Proto-West Germanic *mail, from Proto-Germanic *mailą (“spot, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *mel-, *melw- (“dark, dirty”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey-, *my- (“to soil, sully”). Cognate with Scots mail (“spot, stain”), Saterland Frisian Moal (“scar”), German dialectal Meil (“spot, stain, blemish”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌻 (mail, “spot, blemish”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionmoleenm
- Inherited-form mentionmālang · a mole, spot, mark, blemish
- Inherited-form mention*mailgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*mailągem-pro · spot, wrinkle
- Derivation mention*mel-ine-pro
- Derivation mention*mey-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionmailsco · spot, stain
- Cognate mentionMoalstq · scar
- Cognate mention𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌻got · spot, blemish
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