Where does “Maulbeerbaum” come from?

Maulbeerbaum (German) comes from German Maulbeere, from Middle High German mulber, from Old High German mūrberi, from Proto-West Germanic *mōrubaʀi, from Latin mōrus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Maulbeerbaum (German): mulberry tree, sycamine

Definitions

  1. mulberry tree, sycamine

Ancestry of “Maulbeerbaum”, step by step

Maulbeerbaum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Maulbeere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMaulbeeremulberry fruit
2Middle High GermanmulberThe mulberry
3Old High Germanmūrberimulberry
4Proto-West Germanic*mōrubaʀimulberry
5Latinmōrus
6Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
7Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
8Proto-Italic-os
9Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

via German baum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbaumtree
2Middle High Germanboumtree
3Old High Germanboumtree, beam
4Proto-West Germanicbaumtree; beam
5Proto-GermanicbaumazAlternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ósEvery word from Latin -usEvery word from Latin mōrus
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