English
Muizenberg
Muizenberg comes from Dutch Muizenberg, and goes back to Middle Dutch opte muysberch.
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500opte muysberch
- Dutchc. 1500–presentMuizenberg
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500opte muysberch
- Dutchc. 1500–presentMuizenberg
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Muizenberg (literally “Mouse Hill”), first attested in Middle Dutch as the name of an area in Breda.
Every English word from Middle Dutch opte muysberch
Today it means
name A former coastal town in the Western Cape, South Africa; now a neighbourhood of Cape Town.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle Dutch opte muysberch / Muizenberg