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]

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

  • 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
      • 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
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