Where does “meslinges” come from?

meslinges (Old French) comes from Old French mescler, from Vulgar Latin misculare, from Latin misceō, from Proto-Italic mikskō, from Proto-Indo-European miḱ-sḱé-, from Proto-Indo-European meyḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European mey- — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

meslinges (Old French): set of diverse elements

Definitions

  1. set of diverse elements

Ancestry of “meslinges”, step by step

meslinges traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French mescler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmesclerto mingle, mix up
2Vulgar Latinmiscularepresent active infinitive of *misculō
3Latinmisceōto mix; to mingle; to intermingle
4Proto-Italicmikskōto mix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmiḱ-sḱé-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyḱ-to mix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

via Frankish misklinga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishmisklingamix, mixture
2Frankishmisklōnto mix

Words derived from “meslinges”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European miḱ-sḱé- →