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

1. 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
    • → Welsh: misgl
• 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