Masern

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Maser

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

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Concepts

measles

pox

rubeola

smallpox

Synonyms

Blattern

marmorieren

Pocken

Bettvorleger

Translations

sarampión

morbillo

rougeole

mazelen

sarampo

kızamık

xarampió

حصبة

sorik

morbilli

boa

morbillus

vaiolo

ilará

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

rootsucht

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmaːzɐn/

Etymology

Cognate with Middle Dutch: masel

Cognate with Dutch: mazelen

Cognate with Old High German: masala

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.