Where does “mowlde” come from?

mowlde (Middle English) comes from Middle English mowled, from Middle English moulen, from Old Norse mygla, from Proto-Germanic muglōną, from Proto-Germanic mukiz, from Proto-Indo-European mewk- — slick, slimy, slippery, to slide; to make a quick...

mowlde (Middle English): mold tiny fungi

Definitions

  1. mold tiny fungi

Ancestry of “mowlde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmowled—
2Middle Englishmoulen—
3Old Norsemyglato grow mouldy or musty; mouldiness, mustiness
4Proto-Germanicmuglōną—
5Proto-Germanicmukizsoft substance
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmewk-slick, slimy, slippery, to slide; to make a quick...

Words derived from “mowlde”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mukiz →Every word from Proto-Germanic muglōną →