Where does “Molle” come from?

Molle (German) comes from Middle Low German molle, from Latin mulctra, from Latin mulgeō — to milk, extract.

Molle (German): a beer glass, glass of beer

Definitions

  1. a beer glass, glass of beer

Ancestry of “Molle”, step by step

Molle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German molle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanmolle—
2Latinmulctramilk-pail; cow's milk
3Latinmulgeōto milk, extract

via Spanish molle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmollepepper tree
2Quechuamolli—

Words derived from “Molle”

Every word from Latin mulgeō →Every word from Latin mulctra →Every word from Middle Low German molle →