Where does “mushroom tip” come from?

mushroom tip (English) comes from English mushroom, from Middle English muscheron, from Anglo-Norman musherum, from Old French moisseron, from Old French mosse, from Frankish mosa, from Proto-Germanic musą, from Proto-Indo-European mūs- — fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...

mushroom tip (English): The glans penis

Definitions

  1. The glans penis

Ancestry of “mushroom tip”, step by step

mushroom tip traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English mushroom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmushroomAny of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi...
2Middle Englishmuscheronmushroom
3Anglo-Normanmusherum—
4Old Frenchmoisseron—
5Old Frenchmossemoss
6Frankishmosamoss
7Proto-Germanicmusąmoss, bog
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmūs-fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...

via English tip

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtipThe extreme end of something, especially when...
2Middle Englishtip—
3Proto-Germanictuppijôto be atop
4Proto-Germanictuppaztuft, plait; top, summit
5Proto-Indo-Europeandumb-tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mūs- →Every word from Proto-Germanic musą →Every word from Frankish mosa →