Where does “mlinar” come from?
mlinar (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Old High German mulināri, from Proto-Germanic *mulīnārī, from Latin molīnārius, from Latin molīnum, from Latin molīnus, from Latin mola, from Proto-Indo-European melh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European mel- — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.
mlinar (Serbo-Croatian): miller
Ancestry of “mlinar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | mulināri | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *mulīnārī | — |
| 3 | Latin | molīnārius | — |
| 4 | Latin | molīnum | — |
| 5 | Latin | molīnus | — |
| 6 | Latin | mola | millstone; mill; ground meal |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |