vison

Betekenis (Engels)

mink

Sinonieme

Mustela vison

en terme vulgaire

foutreau

Vertalings

mink

visone

Nerz

visón

nerts

visom

βιζόν

visão

minks

منك

European mink

visoni

visó

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/vi.zɔ̃/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Old French: vison

Verwante met Old High German: wisula

Verwante met Old High German: wisunt

In summary

Inherited from Old French vison, of uncertain origin. Perhaps borrowed from a Germanic source such as Frankish *wisulā (compare Old High German wisula (“weasel”). (An alternative suggestion that the term derives from Old High German wisunt (“bison”) is semantically implausible.)
Alternatively, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *viso, Latin visio (“to fart”), vissio (“stench”), in reference to their scent glands (near the anus).