Where does “feltmonger” come from?

feltmonger (English) comes from English felt, from Middle English felt, from Old English felt, from Proto-West Germanic felt, from Proto-Indo-European pilto.

feltmonger (English): A person who sells felt

Definitions

  1. A person who sells felt

Ancestry of “feltmonger”, step by step

feltmonger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English felt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfeltA cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool,...
2Middle EnglishfeltFelted fabric or a sample or swab of it; felt; A...
3Old Englishfeltfelt
4Proto-West Germanicfeltfelt
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpilto—

via English monger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmongerA dealer in a specific commodity; A person...
2Middle EnglishmongereA retailer; a merchant
3Old Englishmāngeretrader, merchant, dealer, monger
4Old Englishmāngianto trade, traffic, do as a monger
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pilto →