milwell

English

Alternative forms

• millwell, mulvil, melwell
• (obsolete): mellwell, myllewell, myllwell, melwel, mulvel, milwel, mellewelle, mylwell

Etymology

From Middle English milwell (amid many other forms), from Anglo-Norman meluel (amid other forms) and Old French moluel, probably from moruel, from Old Breton mor (“sea”) (from Proto-Brythonic *mor) + Old French lus and luz (“pike, [as sea-luce] hake”) + -el (diminutive suffix).

Noun

milwell (plural milwells)

1. (Scotland, dialectal or historical) The Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).

Middle English

Alternative forms

• melewel, melewell, mellewelle
• meluel, melvel, melwel
• milewel, milewell, millevell; millewell
• miluel, milvel, milwel, milwell, milwelle
• mollewelle
• mulewel, mulewell, muluwelle
• muluel, mulvel, mulvelle, mulwel, mulwell, mulwelle, mulwyl
• myllewell, myllewelle
• myllwell, myluel, mylwel, mylwell
• milwyn, myllwyn

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman; see the English section above.

Noun

milwell

1. milwell: the Atlantic cod

Derived terms

• mulwellfyche

Descendants

• English: milwell
• Latin: melewellus, miluuellus, milvellus, milwellus, mulewellus, muluwellus, mulvellus, mulwellus