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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin muscula, from Latin mūsculus (“mussel", also "muscle”, literally “little mouse”). Distantly equivalent to *mūs (“mouse”) + *-il (diminutive suffix).
Noun
*muskulā f
- mussel
Inflection
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Singular
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*muskulā
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| Genitive
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*muskulōn
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*muskulā
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*muskulōn
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| Accusative
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*muskulōn
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*muskulōn
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| Genitive
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*muskulōn
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*muskulōnō
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| Dative
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*muskulōn
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*muskulōm, *muskulum
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| Instrumental
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*muskulōn
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*muskulōm, *muskulum
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Descendants
- Old English: muscle, muscelle, muxle, musle
- Middle English: muscle, moskle, muschyl, muscul, muskall, muskel, muskele, muskell, muskle, muskyl, muskyll, musshell, mustul
- Old Frisian: *muskle, *muxle
- Saterland Frisian: Mussel
- West Frisian: moksel
- Old Saxon: muskula
- Old Dutch: *muscula
- Middle Dutch: musschele, mosscele, mosscel
- Old High German: muskula, muscula
- Middle High German: muschel