meann
See also: meánn
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *mendo- (“kid, suckling”), which could ultimately be from the same root as maoin (“mild, tender”),[1] though Stokes prefers a comparison to Ancient Greek μαζός (mazós, “breast”), Old High German manzon, Albanian mεnt (“suck”).
Noun
meann m (genitive singular minn, plural minn)
- kid (animal)
References
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “meann”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN