Where does “Meuse” come from?

Meuse comes from French Meuse, from Latin Mosa, from Proto-Celtic mosā, a river name of unknown ultimate meaning.

Meuse (English): (INSEE code 55)

Definitions

  1. (INSEE code 55)

Ancestry of “Meuse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchMeuse—
2LatinMosaMeuse River; the river Meuse
3CelticMosa—
4Proto-CelticMosā—

Words derived from “Meuse”

Every word from Proto-Celtic Mosā →Every word from Celtic Mosa →Every word from Latin Mosa →