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
- mulberry tree, sycamine
Ancestry of “Maulbeerbaum”, step by step
Maulbeerbaum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Maulbeere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Maulbeere | mulberry fruit |
| 2 | Middle High German | mulber | The mulberry |
| 3 | Old High German | mūrberi | mulberry |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *mōrubaʀi | mulberry |
| 5 | Latin | mōrus | — |
| 6 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 7 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |