Etymology

muishond

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Today it means: A species of weasel found in southern Africa, Poecilogale albinucha. Full definition →

Afrikaans muishond ← Dutch muishond ← Middle Dutch muushont
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The story

  1. Middle Dutch · derived frommuushont
  2. Dutch · derived frommuishond
  3. Afrikaans · borrowed frommuishond
  4. English todaymuishond

From Afrikaans muishond, from Dutch muishond, from Middle Dutch muushont.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.