milwell

English

Alternative forms

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).[1]

Noun

milwell (plural milwells)

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

References

  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "milwell, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2002.

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
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