The story
- Welsh · derived frommoel“bare hill”
- English todaymoel
From Welsh moel (“bare hill”).
Words from the same roots
Welshmoel all →
moyle
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
moel
Today it means: A hill having a rounded outline in its upper portion because the summit is protected from rapid denudation by a layer of soil and a growth of forest trees or grass, or by marshes of peat. Full definition →
Welsh moel