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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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miadan, miadar, miad, a meadow, mead; from the Eng. meadow.
miadh, respect, esteem, so Ir., O.ir. míad, fastus, dignity, O. Br. muoet, fastu: *meido-, fame: O. H. G. kameit, iactans, stolidus, M.H.G. gemeit, bold, O.Sax. gemêd, haughty (Bez.); allied to Eng. meed, Gr. μισθός, pay, Lat. miles, soldier. Cf. Gr. τιμή, fame, price.
mial, louse, animal, Ir. míol, animal, whale, louse, E. Ir. míl, W. mil, beast, Cor., Br. mil: *mêlo-n, animal: Gr. μῆλον, sheep; Norse smali, sheep, Eng. small. Hence G. mial-chu, greyhound, W. milgi, Cor. mylgy.
mialladh, bad-fortune (N. H.):
mialta, pleasant (H.S.D.), O. Ir. meld, melltach, pleasant; Eng. mild; G. μαλθακός, soft. See malda.
miamhail, mewing (of cat), Ir. miamhaoil; Eng. mewl, from O. Fr., Fr. miauler: an onomatopoetic word.
miann, desire, Ir. mian, O. Ir. mían: *meino-; Eng. mean, Ger. meinen, to mean; O.Slov mėnją (do.). Cf W. myn, desire, Br. menna, to wish, which may be from the short form min beside mein. (Otherwise Loth in Voc. Vieux-Br., 145).
mias, a dish, Ir. mías, a dish, mess, platter, E. Ir. mias; from L. Lat. mêsa, mensa, a table, whence Ag. S. mýse, table, Got. mes, table, dish.
mil, honey, Ir. mil, O. Ir. mil, g. mela, W. mêl, Cor., Br. mil: *meli-; Lat. mel; Gr. μέλι; Got. miliþ; Arm. meλr.
milc, meirc, sweet, sweetness (Carm.):
milcean, solid warm white whey (Carm.):
mìle, a thousand, a mile, Ir. míle, O. Ir. míle, a thousand, W., Br. mil, Cor. myl, myll; Lat. mîle (whence Eng. mile), mille. The Celtic words are borrowed doubtless.
mileag, a melon; from the Eng.
mileart, honey dew (N. H.):
mìlidh, a champion, Ir. mileadh, mílidh (O'B.), E. Ir. mílid; from Lat. miles, militis, soldier.
milis, sweet, Ir., O. Ir. milis, W. melys: *melissi-; from mil.
mill, destroy, Ir., O. Ir. millim: *mel-ni-, root mele, fail, miss; Lit. mìlyti, fail; Gr. μέλεος, useless, wretched, ἀμβλίσκω, cause, miscarriage. the root of Eng. melt (*meld, Gr. ἀμαλδúνω, destroy) has been suggested, the mel of which is the same as above. It may be root mel, crush, mill.
millteach, mountain grass, good grass; Norse melr, bent grass.
min, meal, Ir. min, g. mine, O. Ir. men: *miná, root min, lessen. Strachan suggests two derivations; either allied to (1) Lit. mìnti, tread, Ch. Slav. męti, crush, Gr. ματέω, tread on, from root men, tread, or from (2) *mecsn, root meq, menq, grind,
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