Where does “mula” come from?

mula (Franco-Provençal) comes from Latin mūla, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

mula (Franco-Provençal): female mule

Definitions

  1. female mule

Ancestry of “mula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmūlafemale mule, she-mule
2Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
3Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin mūla →