Where does “waulkmill” come from?
waulkmill (English) comes from English mill, from Middle English mille, from Old English mylen, from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu, from Latin molīna, from Latin mola, from Proto-Indo-European melh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European mel- — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.
waulkmill (English): A mill for waulking or fulling cloth
Definitions
- A mill for waulking or fulling cloth
Ancestry of “waulkmill”, step by step
waulkmill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mill
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mill | A grinding apparatus for substances such as... |
| 2 | Middle English | mille | — |
| 3 | Old English | mylen | mill |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *mulīnu | mill |
| 5 | Latin | molīna | — |
| 6 | Latin | mola | millstone; mill; ground meal |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |
via English waulk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | waulk | to make cloth denser and more felt-like by... |
| 2 | Middle English | walken | to roll, toss, journey about |
| 3 | Old English | wealcian | to roll up, curl, twist; to wrinkle |
| 4 | Frankish | walkōn | to roll; to full |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | walkōną | To roll about; wallow; To full |
| 6 | Indo-European | *wel- | — |