Where does “muilkorf” come from?

muilkorf (Dutch) comes from Dutch korf, from Middle Dutch corf, from Old Dutch korf, from Proto-West Germanic korb, from Proto-Germanic kurbaz, from Proto-Germanic krebô, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

muilkorf (Dutch): muzzle (to prevent an animal from biting)

Definitions

  1. muzzle (to prevent an animal from biting)

Ancestry of “muilkorf”, step by step

muilkorf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch korf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkorfbasket
2Middle Dutchcorf—
3Old Dutchkorf—
4Proto-West Germanickorbbasket
5Proto-Germanickurbaz—
6Proto-Germanickrebôbasket
7Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
8Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

via Dutch muil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchmuilAn animal's mouth and muzzle or snout; A person's...
2Middle Dutchmuul—
3Old Dutchmūl—
4Proto-West Germanic*mūlmule
5Proto-Germanicmūląmuzzle
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmū-fly, mosquito; fly, midge; lips, muzzle

Words derived from “muilkorf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic krebô →