mistal

Mane (Îngilîzî)

A cowshed.

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈmɪstəl/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

Inherited from Middle English *mystal, from myx (“dung”) + stal (“shed”). For the disappearance of /k/ before /st/, compare the disappearance of /x/ before /st/ in Anglian Old English hēst (“highest”), nēst (“nearest”), and sesta (“sixth”), surviving in Scots neest (“next”).

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