muil
Dutch (Brabantic)
/mœy̯l/
noun
Definitions
- An animal's mouth and muzzle or snout
- (pejorative) A person's face
- (notably in muilen trekken) A funny, angry ... face one makes, facial expression
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch muul inherited from Old Dutch mūl inherited from Proto-Germanic *mūlą.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*mūlą
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Breitmaulnashorn German
- Maul German
- Maulaffe German
- Maulficker German
- Maulheld German
- Maulhure German
- Maulkorb German
- Maultasche German
- Schandmaul German
- Spitzmaulnashorn German
- Wolfsmaul German
- dier Dutch, Flemish
- meesmuilen Dutch, Flemish
- mezen Dutch, Flemish
- muildier Dutch, Flemish
- muildierhert Dutch, Flemish
- muilpeer Dutch, Flemish
- peer Dutch, Flemish
- *mū- Proto-Indo-European
- *mūlą Proto-Germanic
- muul Middle Dutch
- *mūl Old High German
- mūl Middle High German
- mūl Old Dutch
- *mūl Old Saxon