mistal
See also: Miśtal
English
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle English *mystal, from myx (“dung”) + stal (“shed”).
For the disappearance of /k/ before /st/, compare the disappearance of /x/ before /st/ in Anglian Old English hēst (“highest”), nēsta (“nearest”), and sesta (“sixth”), surviving in Scots neest (“next”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmistal (plural mistals)
- (UK, Northern England) A cowshed.