Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*mūsfallā“mousetrap”
- Old Englishmūsfealle“mousetrap”
- Middle Englishmousfalle
- Englishmousefall
From Middle English mousfalle, from Old English mūsfealle (“mousetrap”), from Proto-West Germanic *mūsfallā (“mousetrap”), equivalent to mouse + fall. Cognate with Scots mousfall (“mousetrap”), Saterland Frisian Muusefalle (“mousetrap”), West Frisian mûzefalle (“mousetrap”), Dutch muizenval (“mousetrap”), German Low German Muusfall, Muusfalle (“mousetrap”), German Mausfalle, Mausefalle (“mousetrap”).
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