muscle (contractile tissue) · blade (of a plant) · blade of grass
çekim: çoğul spieren
eş: rondhout
köken: From Middle Dutch spier (“pointed object; blade of grass; long pole; muscle”), from Old Dutch *spīr, from Proto-Germanic *spīraz, *spīrǭ. In Middle Dutch, the word took the meaning "muscle", likely due to the similarities in shape between its earlier meanings and muscle fibers.
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: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mixillon, from Vulgar Latin *muscelliō (“mussel”), from Latin muscellus, from Latin musculus (“muscle, mussel”). Cognate of Portuguese mexilhão.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *múHs Proto-Italic *mūs Latin mūs Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus ▲ Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs)sl. Latin mūsculus From mūs (“mouse”) + -culus (diminutive suffix), literally “little mouse”. The “muscle” sense is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “mouse; mussel; muscle”), compare…