LL-L: "Body parts" LOWLANDS-L, 04.NOV.1999 (02) [E]

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From: gvanmoor at aoc.nrao.edu
Subject: Muis

As do some of you no doubt, I subscribe to A.Word.A.Day.  If you don't
know about this great service, look at:

http://www.wordsmith.org/words/today.html

where you can subscribe.  Today's word is:

thenar (THEE-nahr) noun

   The fleshy mass on the palm of the hand at the base of the thumb.

Now Dutch has its own word for this: muis.  My question is:

1 - do other Lowlands languages have a similar word for this body part?
    (or a word at all?)
2 - is the word related to the more common meaning of 'muis' (mouse)
    After all, it has about the size of a mouse, but that is where
    the similarity ends (at least, looking at my own hand)

Gustaaf

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