köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mixillon, from Vulgar Latin *muscelliō (“mussel”), from Latin muscellus, from Latin musculus (“muscle, mussel”). Cognate of Galician mexillón and of Spanish mejillón (“mussel”).
köken: Unclear; probably related to Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “mouse; shellfish, mussel”). Compare mys, myax (= Ancient Greek μύαξ (múax)), myisca (= Ancient Greek μῠΐσκη (mŭḯskē)), all names of shellfish.
köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mixillon, from Vulgar Latin *muscelliō (“mussel”), from Latin muscellus, from Latin musculus (“muscle, mussel”). Cognate of Portuguese mexilhão.
köken: Same origin as Icelandic kræklingur (“mussel”), related to Icelandic krækla (“crooked branch”) and Icelandic kræklóttur (“gnarled, stunted”). Perhaps also influenced by Old Norse kráka (“crow”), as in Old Norse krákuskel (“mussel”). Compare also Old Norse krækiber (“crowberry”), Norwegian krekling (“crowberry”) and Icelandic krækilyng (“Black crowberry (shrub)”). See also Old Norse krakligr…