Where does “Mülltüte” come from?

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

Mülltüte (German): bin bag, garbage bag

Definitions

  1. bin bag, garbage bag

Ancestry of “Mülltüte”, step by step

Mülltüte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Müll

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

via German Tüte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTütea small to medium-sized bag, usually of paper or...
2Middle Low Germantûte
3Proto-Germanic*tut(t)-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld-Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dusEvery word from Proto-Italic moldus
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