Where does “mulcs” come from?

mulcs (Hungarian) comes from English mulch, from Middle English melsche, from Old English melsc, from Proto-Germanic mili, from Proto-Indo-European mélit — honey.

mulcs (Hungarian): mulch shredded matter for covering the soil

Definitions

  1. mulch shredded matter for covering the soil

Ancestry of “mulcs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmulchAny material used to cover the top layer of soil...
2Middle Englishmelsche—
3Old Englishmelsc—
4Proto-Germanicmilihoney
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélit →Every word from Proto-Germanic mili →Every word from Old English melsc →
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