Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
muinél. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
muinél, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
muinél in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
muinél you have here. The definition of the word
muinél will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
muinél, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *moniklos, cognate with Welsh mwnwgl), derived from Proto-Celtic *monis (from which Middle Irish muin (“neck, nape”) and Welsh mŵn (“neck”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mon-i- (“neck”). Related to Sanskrit मन्या (mányā-, “neck”), Latin monīle (“necklace”), and English mane. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out”).[1][2]
Noun
muinél m
- (anatomy) neck
- neck, narrow part (of objects)
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1960) “muin”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume M-P, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page M-72
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “moni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
Further reading
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muinél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language