Where does “Mill.” come from?

Mill. (Translingual) comes from English Miller, from Old English myllere, from Middle English mylnere, from Norwegian Nynorsk mylne, from Old Norse mylna, from Old English mylen, from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu, from Latin molīna — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

Mill. (Translingual): Philip Miller English botanist

Definitions

  1. Philip Miller English botanist

Ancestry of “Mill.”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMillerfor a miller
2Old Englishmyllere
3Middle Englishmylneremiller mill operator
4Norwegian Nynorskmylnemill
5Old Norsemylna
6Old Englishmylenmill
7Proto-West Germanic*mulīnumill
8Latinmolīna
9Latinmolamillstone; mill; ground meal
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
11Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
12Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey-