musel
See also: Musel
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musel
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References edit
- Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
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From Old French musel, diminutive of muse, from Late Latin mūsus (“muzzle”), of uncertain etymology but probably expressive of the shape of protruded lips and/or influenced by Latin mūgīre (“to moo, bellow”).
Cognate to Italian muso, Old Spanish mus, Lombard mus and muson. Not related to French morceau nor to Spanish morro (“hill; muzzle”), Provençal mourre (“muzzle”), Occitan morre (“hill; muzzle”).
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musel m (plural musels)
- muzzle (protruding part of many animal's head)
References edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “mūsus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 275