Etymograph

English

Milne

Milne comes from Old English mylen ‘mill’, from Proto-Italic *melō ‘to grind’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*melh₂-‘to grind, crush’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mélh₂tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*melō‘to grind’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmolō‘to grind or mill’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmolīnum‘mill’
  6. Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEmolīnavariant of molīnum
  7. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*mulīnu‘mill’reconstructed
  8. Old Englishc. 450–1150mylen‘mill’
  9. EnglishtodayMilne

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*melh₂-‘to grind, crush’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mélh₂tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*melō‘to grind’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmolō‘to grind or mill’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmolīnum‘mill’
  6. Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEmolīnavariant of molīnum
  7. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*mulīnu‘mill’reconstructed
  8. Old Englishc. 450–1150mylen‘mill’
  9. EnglishtodayMilne

The story

Scottish occupational surname for a miller or someone who lived at a mill, from Old English mylen (‘mill’).

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- ‘to grind, crush’

meal, mold, mole, mould, mule, mild, camo, bonanza, molar, mullet, melatonin, mull, amalgam, malleable, maelstrom, martel, millet, malm, amyl, 38 more

through Late Latin molīnum ‘mill’

moulin, moline, 3 more

through Late Latin molīna

miller, mill, muller

Today it means

name A surname from Old English.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- / Milne

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