Where does “mooseyard” come from?

mooseyard (English) comes from English Yard, from English milliard, from French milliard, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille.

mooseyard (English): A winter feeding-ground formed by moose trampling the snow

Definitions

  1. A winter feeding-ground formed by moose trampling the snow

Ancestry of “mooseyard”, step by step

mooseyard traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Yard

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishYardScotland Yard or New Scotland Yard
2Englishmilliard10, a thousand million
3FrenchmilliardA milliard
4Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Old Frenchmillon—
7Italianmilionemillion
8Italianmillethousand
9LatinMīllethousand; 1000
10Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
11Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

via English moose

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmooseThe largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers
2Japaneseむすめ娘: girl; daughter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →