mustela

See also: Mustela

Interlingua

Noun

mustela (plural mustelas)

weasel

Latin

Alternative forms

mūstella

Etymology

From unattested form *mūstrelā 'small mouse-like animal', a diminutive from a Proto-Italic *mūstrā (“mouse-like animal”). Probably a cognate of mustricula.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /muːsˈteː.la/, [muːsˈteː.ɫa]

Noun

mūstēla f (genitive mūstēlae); first declension

weasel

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mūstēla	mūstēlae
Genitive	mūstēlae	mūstēlārum
Dative	mūstēlae	mūstēlīs
Accusative	mūstēlam	mūstēlās
Ablative	mūstēlā	mūstēlīs
Vocative	mūstēla	mūstēlae

Derived terms

mūstēlīnus

Descendants

Catalan: mostela, mustela
Occitan: mostèla, mostèl
Old French: moustoile
Romansch: mustaila

References

mustela in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
mustela in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
mustela in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
mustela in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “mus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 396-397

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