Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mūlą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

  • *mūlaz

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *muH-lo-s (“lips, muzzle”), from a root *mew- (“to chew”) with no certain cognates outside of Germanic. Has been compared with Ancient Greek μύλλον (múllon, “lip”), though the origin of the double λ is uncertain.[1] Note also similarities to Sanskrit मूल (mū́la, “root”), which if related, would be interpreted as a "muzzle (for plants to drink water from the soil)".[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmuːlɑ̃/

Noun

*mūlą n

  1. muzzle

Inflection

Declension of *mūlą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *mūlą *mūlō
vocative *mūlą *mūlō
accusative *mūlą *mūlō
genitive *mūlas, *mūlis *mūlǫ̂
dative *mūlai *mūlamaz
instrumental *mūlō *mūlamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *mūl
    • Old Saxon: *mūl
      • Middle Low German: mûl
        • German Low German: Muul
    • Old Dutch: *mūl
    • Old High German: *mūl
      • Middle High German: mūl
        • Alemannic German: Muul
        • Bavarian:
          Cimbrian: maul
        • German: Maul
        • Central Franconian: Muul n (etymology 2)
        • Luxembourgish: Maul
        • Yiddish: מויל (moyl)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*mūlan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 374
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “mū́la”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 369
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