musari
Old High German
Etymology
mūs (“mouse”) + aro (“eagle”) (species of Buteo often prey on small mammals)
Noun
mūsāri m
Descendants
- Middle High German: mūsar
- German: Mausar
References
- Köbler, Gerhard (2014) “mūsāri”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch[1] (in German), 6th edition
- Viktor Hugo Suolahti (1909) “Mäusebussard”, in Die deutschen Vogelnamen : eine wortgeschichtliche Untersuchung[2] (in German), page 352