Where does “Mulbän” come from?

Mulbän (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Bän, from Middle Low German bȫne, from Proto-Germanic bunī, from Proto-Germanic butmaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

Mulbän (Plautdietsch): palate, roof of the mouth

Definitions

  1. palate, roof of the mouth

Ancestry of “Mulbän”, step by step

Mulbän traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Bän

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschBänceiling (of a room)
2Middle Low Germanbȫne—
3Proto-Germanicbunī—
4Proto-Germanicbutmazbottom; foundation; ground; abyss
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Proto-Balto-Slavic mul-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicmul-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn →
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