LL-L "Etymology" 2008.01.10 (01) [E]

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From: jonny <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2008.01.09 (02) [E]

Beste Ingmar,

Du schreyvst (concerning the use of 'muscles' in Dutch):

Ja, Elsie, Dutch reserves this Latin derived word in the form of "mossels"
specially for mussels, I guess that's the same in Afrikaans? It's the
favorite food of my Zeeland-Flemish mother, relatives of her were mussel
fishers in Yerseke, another part of Zeeland.

An interesting word- NL: mossel, G: Muschel, E: mussel/shell, which I made
some thoughts about in the past.

GRIMM as well as you do sees the origin in Latin 'musculus' (which letterly
should be translated as 'little mouse') but I think it is derived from Latin
'scala', meaning G: 'Schale', E: 'shell' (hull). Have a look at  D:
'Scholekster' ('oyster-catcher', G: 'Austernfischer') and the German word
'Schalentier' (crustaceum)- for my opinion here we clearly see the true
relations.

The prefix 'mos-/mus-' perhaps could denote something like G: 'Moos' (E:
'moss', Latin: 'muscus') because of the green algae which shells often are
covered with.

Allerbest

Jonny Meibohm

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