malleus

Latin

noun

Definitions

hammer, mallet
a disease of animals
(New Latin) the malleus, a small bone in the middle ear

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-no-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*melh₂-no-

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

mall English
malleiform English
malleolus English
malleus English
*malleare Latin
malleolus Latin
pila Latin
pilamalleus Latin
mail French
mailer French
maléolo Spanish, Castilian
*melh₂-no- Proto-Indo-European
malj Swedish
mailléas Irish
mail Old French
malj Serbo-Croatian
mall Catalan, Valencian
amalló Galician
mallo Galician
măior Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
malj Aromanian
maljiu Aromanian
majo Old Spanish
mail xno
maglioru Sardinian