Where does “Atommülllager” come from?

Atommülllager (German) comes from German Atommüll, from German Müll, from English mull, from Middle English mollen, from Old French moillier, from Vulgar Latin molliare, from Latin molliāre, from Latin mollis — to soften, to melt.

Atommülllager (German): nuclear waste disposal site

Definitions

  1. nuclear waste disposal site

Ancestry of “Atommülllager”, step by step

Atommülllager traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Atommüll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAtommüllnuclear waste
2GermanMülltrash, garbage, refuse, waste, junk; nonsense
3EnglishmullTo work mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; To...
4Middle Englishmollento soften by wetting
5Old Frenchmoillierto wet
6Vulgar Latinmolliareto soften by soaking; second-person singular...
7Latinmolliāresoak, drench
8Latinmollissoft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,...
9Latinmolduis
10Proto-Italicmoldus
11Proto-Indo-European*ml̥dussoft, weak
12Proto-Indo-European(s)meld-to soften, to melt

via German lager

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlagerfirst-person singular present of lagern; singular...
2Middle High Germanleger
3Old High Germanlegar
4Old Norselegr
5Proto-Germaniclegrąa lying, a place where one lies; camp
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld-