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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mūl

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūlus (“mule”).[1]

Noun

*mūl m

  1. mule

Inflection
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *mūl
Genitive *mūlas
Singular Plural
Nominative *mūl *mūlō, *mūlōs
Accusative *mūl *mūlā
Genitive *mūlas *mūlō
Dative *mūlē *mūlum
Instrumental *mūlu *mūlum

Derived terms
  • *mūladeuʀ
    • Old Dutch: *mūldier
    • Old High German: *mūltior
      • Middle High German: *mūltier
  • *mūlasil
    • Old Saxon: *mūlesel
      • Middle Low German: mūlēsel, muelēsel
    • Old Dutch: *mūlesil
      • Middle Dutch: *muulēsel
    • Old High German: *mūlesil
      • Middle High German: *mūlesel
  • *mūlō
    • Old Saxon: *mūlo
    • Old Dutch: *mūlo
    • Old High German: mūlō
      • Middle High German: mūle

Descendants
  • Old English: mūl
  • Old Saxon: *mūl
    • Middle Low German: mûl
  • Old Dutch: *mūl
  • Old High German: mūl
    • Middle High German: mūl, muol

References
  1. de Vries, Jan (1971) “muil 2”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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