Where does “mulber” come from?
mulber (Middle High German) comes from Old High German mūrberi, from Proto-West Germanic *mōrubaʀi, from Latin mōrus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
mulber (Middle High German): The mulberry
Ancestry of “mulber”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old High German | mūrberi | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *mōrubaʀi | — |
| 3 | Latin | mōrus | — |
| 4 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 5 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |