Where does “Moselschleife” come from?

Moselschleife (German) comes from German Mosel, from Latin Mosella, from Latin Mosa, from Celtic Mosa, from Proto-Celtic Mosā.

Moselschleife (German): any of the several bends/bows/loops in the Moselle river

Definitions

  1. any of the several bends/bows/loops in the Moselle river

Ancestry of “Moselschleife”, step by step

Moselschleife traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Mosel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMoselshorthand of Mo­sel­wein
2LatinMosella—
3LatinMosaMeuse River; the river Meuse
4CelticMosa—
5Proto-CelticMosā—

via German schleife

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschleifeinflection of schleifen: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germansloufe—
3Old High Germansloufa—
Every word from Proto-Celtic Mosā →
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