The story
- Middle Irish · derived frombannlám
- Irish · borrowed frombanlámh“cubit”
- English todaybandle
From Irish banlámh (“cubit”), from Middle Irish bannlám, from bann (“a measure”) + lám (“hand, arm”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
bandle
Today it means: An Irish measure of two feet (61 cm) in length. Full definition →
Irish banlámh ← Middle Irish bannlám