Where does “Müllwagen” come from?
Müllwagen (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.
Müllwagen (German): garbage truck
Definitions
- garbage truck
Ancestry of “Müllwagen”, step by step
Müllwagen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Müll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Müll | trash, garbage, refuse, waste, junk; nonsense |
| 2 | English | mull | To work mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; To... |
| 3 | Middle English | mollen | to soften by wetting |
| 4 | Old French | moillier | to wet |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | molliare | to soften by soaking; second-person singular... |
| 6 | Latin | molliāre | soak, drench |
| 7 | Latin | mollis | soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,... |
| 8 | Latin | molduis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | moldus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *ml̥dus | soft, weak |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |