Where does “mulberrylike” come from?
mulberrylike (English) comes from English like, from Dutch luik, from Middle Dutch luke, from Dutch luiken, from Middle Dutch luken, from Old Dutch lūcan, from Proto-West Germanic lūkan, from Proto-Germanic lūkaną — to break, tear; to break, shatter.
mulberrylike (English): Resembling a mulberry or some aspect of one
Definitions
- Resembling a mulberry or some aspect of one
Ancestry of “mulberrylike”, step by step
mulberrylike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English like
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | like | To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of;... |
| 2 | Dutch | luik | hatch; shutter; panel, as in a triptych |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | luke | — |
| 4 | Dutch | luiken | to close, to shut |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | luken | to close, to shut; to close, to become closed |
| 6 | Old Dutch | lūcan | to close, shut |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | lūkan | to close, to shut |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | lūkaną | to close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewǵ- | to break, tear; to break, shatter |
via English mulberry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mulberry | Any of several trees, of the genus "Morus",... |
| 2 | Middle English | Mulbery | — |
| 3 | German | mulbere | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *mōrubaʀi | — |
| 5 | Latin | mōrus | — |
| 6 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 7 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |