Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/muskulā

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.

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

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*muskulā
Genitive	*muskulōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*muskulā	*muskulōn
Accusative	*muskulōn	*muskulōn
Genitive	*muskulōn	*muskulōnō
Dative	*muskulōn	muskulōm, muskulum
Instrumental	*muskulōn	muskulōm, muskulum

Descendants

Old English: muscle, muscelle, muxle, musle
- Middle English: muscle, moskle, muschyl, muscul, muskall, muskel, muskele, muskell, muskle, muskyl, muskyll, musshell, mustul
  - English: mussel
  - Scots: mushle
Old Frisian: *muskle, *muxle
- Saterland Frisian: Mussel
- West Frisian: moksel
Old Saxon: muskula
- Middle Low German: muschel, muschele, muskele, mussel
  - German Low German: Mussel
Old Dutch: *muskula
- Middle Dutch: musschele, mosscele, mosscel
  - Dutch: mossel
Old High German: muskula, muscula
- Middle High German: muschel
  - German: Muschel

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