Where does “mule” come from?

mule (Danish) comes from Old Norse múli, from Proto-Germanic mūlô, from Proto-Indo-European mū- — fly, mosquito; fly, midge; lips, muzzle.

mule (Danish): muzzle; pommel, pummel, pound, lick; sulk

Definitions

  1. muzzle; pommel, pummel, pound, lick; sulk

Ancestry of “mule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemúli—
2Proto-Germanicmūlômuzzle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmū-fly, mosquito; fly, midge; lips, muzzle

Words derived from “mule”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mū- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mūlô →Every word from Old Norse múli →