Masern

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(Anglais)

measles

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Maser

(feminine) knot (bright excrescence on the trunk of a tree)
(feminine) vein (of wood)

Fréquence

canton de Bâle-Campagne

rootsucht

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Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmaːzɐn/

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais

Appartenant à néerlandais

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand

In summary

16th century, alteration of Maseln, borrowed from Middle Low German māselen. Cognate with Middle Dutch masel (“speckle”), whence modern Dutch mazelen (“measles”), and Old High German masala (“lump of blood”). The form with -r- through conflation with Maser (“vein or knob in wood”, etymology 2 below), which is probably related.