mab
Welsh (Colloquial)
/maːb/
noun
Definitions
- boy, son, infant, child of either sex, minor, youth
- descendant
- man, male
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *mab inherited from Proto-Celtic *makʷos.
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*makʷos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Mac- English
- Mc- English
- Mac Mathúna Irish
- aonmhac Irish
- garmhac Irish
- leasmhac Irish
- mac Irish
- mac tíre Irish
- macaomh Irish
- macra Irish
- uchtmhac Irish
- dall Welsh
- llysfab Welsh
- llysfeibion Welsh
- mabol Welsh
- madfall Welsh
- madfall ddŵr Welsh
- madfall symudliw Welsh
- madfallod Welsh
- meibion Welsh
- priod Welsh
- priodfab Welsh
- macc Old Irish
- macthae Old Irish
- mac Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- mac Manx
- *makkʷos Proto-Celtic
- *makʷos Proto-Celtic
- mac Middle Irish
- mab Breton
- mab Cornish
- *mab Proto-Brythonic
- mapos Gaulish
- ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ Primitive Irish
- ᚋᚐᚊᚔ Primitive Irish