See also: meánn

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

meann m (genitive singular minn, plural minn)

  1. kid (animal)

References edit

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “meann”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN