μαλλός

Etymology
Of uncertain origin.

The connection with 🇨🇬 has been abandoned. Greppin suggests that 🇨🇬 is cognate with the Greek word. The Greek word only denotes the "flock of wool" and never the animal, but this may be a later semantic development. An Indo-European form is rather improbable, however. The word may well be of origin, with Beekes suggesting a borrowing from, and Clackson suggesting a borrowing from , the latter which is also the prevailing theory for the Armenian cognate.

Noun

 * 1) flock of wool
 * 2) tress, braid of hair