Etymograph

English

Mulhouse

Mulhouse comes from French Milhouse.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentMilhouse
  2. EnglishtodayMulhouse

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentMilhouse
  2. EnglishtodayMulhouse

The story

Borrowed from French Milhouse, from Alemannic German Milhüsa or its source Middle High German Mülnhūsen, from Old High German Mulinhūson; compare German Mülhausen (literally “mill house”).

Today it means

name A city in Haut-Rhin department, Alsace, Grand Est, France.

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

Etymograph / French Milhouse / Mulhouse