Where does “Murmelvokal” come from?

Murmelvokal (German) comes from German murmeln, from Proto-Indo-European mur- — to mutter.

Murmelvokal (German): schwa

Definitions

  1. schwa

Ancestry of “Murmelvokal”, step by step

Murmelvokal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German murmeln

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmurmelnto mumble, to murmur
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmur-to mutter

via German Vokal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVokalvowel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mur- →Every word from German murmeln →