Where does “mule” come from?

mule (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse múli, from Proto-Germanic mūlô, from Proto-Indo-European mū- — fly, mosquito; fly, midge; lips, muzzle.

mule (Norwegian Bokmål): muzzle

Definitions

  1. muzzle

Ancestry of “mule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemúli—
2Proto-Germanicmūlômuzzle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmū-fly, mosquito; fly, midge; lips, muzzle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mū- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mūlô →Every word from Old Norse múli →