Vrouwelijk

mossel

Betekenis

Synoniemen

(Engels)

(feminine) mussel, bivalve of the family Mytilidae
(feminine) blue mussel, common mussel (Mytilus edulis)

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈmɔ.səl/

Overgenomen van Middelnederlands

mosscele

In summary

From Middle Dutch mossel, mussel, from Old French moule, mousle, muisle, from Latin mūsculus. Note that Middle Dutch also attests a form mosschele (with various spelling variants), which is not directly ancestral to this Modern Dutch form and which is said to be an older loanword directly from Latin: see Proto-West Germanic *muskulā.