Where does “mūl” come from?

mūl (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *mūl, from Proto-Germanic mūlą, from Proto-Indo-European mū- — fly, mosquito; fly, midge; lips, muzzle.

Ancestry of “mūl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*mūlmule
2Proto-Germanicmūląmuzzle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmū-fly, mosquito; fly, midge; lips, muzzle

Words derived from “mūl”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mū- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mūlą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *mūl →