Where does “мульчировать” come from?

мульчировать (Russian) comes from English mulch, from Middle English melsche, from Old English melsc, from Proto-Germanic mili, from Proto-Indo-European mélit — honey.

мульчировать (Russian): to mulch

Definitions

  1. to mulch

Ancestry of “мульчировать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmulchAny material used to cover the top layer of soil...
2Middle Englishmelsche—
3Old Englishmelsc—
4Proto-Germanicmilihoney
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélit →Every word from Proto-Germanic mili →Every word from Old English melsc →