vison

Betekenis (Engels)

mink

Concepten

nerts

visotter

Synoniemen

Mustela vison

en terme vulgaire

foutreau

Vertalingen

mink

visone

Nerz

visón

visom

βιζόν

minks

منك

visoni

European mink

visó

visão

mink

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/vi.zɔ̃/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Oudfrans: vison

Verwant aan Oudhoogduits: wisula

Verwant aan Oudhoogduits: 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).