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Generally compared to Sanskritमूल(mū́la, “root, radish”). However, Beekes prefers to connect the word with μώλυζα(mṓluza, “head of garlic”), which has a non-Greek suffix. According to Beekes, this noun must consequently be of Pre-Greek origin too. For the υ-stem, compare μίσυ(mísu), βράθυ(bráthu) and σῶρυ(sôru). According to Beekes, all proposed Indo-European etymologies must be rejected.
μῶλυ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN