English mallet

← Middle English malet (inherited)

← Middle English maylet (mention)

← Old French mallet (derived)

← Old French maillet (mention)

← Old French mal (mention)

← Old French mail (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (root)

← Latin malleus (derived)

→ English Mallet (mention)

→ English whack-a-mole (link)

→ English malleter (suffix)

→ Japanese マレット (borrowed)

→ Tocharian B mäl- (cognate)