Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/muli

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

A deverbal formation from *mulljan (“to grind”).^[1]

Noun

*muli n

dust, powder

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*muli
Genitive	*mulljas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*muli	*mullju
Accusative	*muli	*mullju
Genitive	*mulljas	*mulljō
Dative	*mulljē	*mulljum
Instrumental	*mullju	*mulljum

Descendants

Old English: myl^[2]^[3]
- >? Middle English: molle, mol, moll, mul, mull, mulle (appurtenance questionable given the unexpected vocalism in /u/)
  - English: mull
  - Middle Scots: moll
    - Scots: mow (obsolete)
Old Saxon: *mulli
- Middle Low German: mül, mülle
  - German Low German: Mull, Müll
    - → German: Müll
Old Dutch: *mulli
- Middle Dutch: mul, mulle
  - Dutch: mul
Old High German: mulli
- Middle High German: mulle, mul
  - Alemannic German: Mull

References

^ Lloyd, Albert L.; Lühr, Rosemarie (1988), “mulli”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen‎^[1] (in German), Göttingen/Zürich: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN: “west- germ. *mul-i̯a-”
^ “mol(le, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
^ “mull, n.¹”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.

[1] Lloyd, Albert L.; Lühr, Rosemarie (1988), “mulli”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen‎^[1] (in German), Göttingen/Zürich: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN: “west- germ. *mul-i̯a-”

[2] “mol(le, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

[3] “mull, n.¹”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.

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