Where does “weasel” come from?

Weasel derives from Middle English wesele, from Old English weosule, from Proto-West Germanic wisulā, from Proto-Germanic wisulǭ, ultimately from Proto-Germanic wisō-.

weasel (English): The least weasel, "Mustela nivalis"; Any of the...

Definitions

  1. The least weasel, "Mustela nivalis"; Any of the...

Ancestry of “weasel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishweseleweasel, polecat; A meal made of a pig or a capon...
2Old Englishweosuleweasel
3Proto-West Germanicwisulāweasel
4Proto-Germanicwisulǭweasel
5Proto-Germanicwisō-European polecat, "Mustela putorius"

Words derived from “weasel”

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