English
Musselburgh
From mussel (“shellfish”) + burgh.
Formed from mussel ‘shellfish’ + burgh
Proto-Indo-European *múHs ‘mouse’
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Late Latin muscula ‘mussel’
Proto-West Germanic *muskulā
Old English muscle
Middle English muscle
English mussel
Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘to be elevated, up high’
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Proto-Germanic *burgz ‘city, stronghold’
Proto-West Germanic *burg ‘city’
Old English burh
Middle English borwe
English burgh
Today it means
name A town in East Lothian council area, Scotland; historically it was in Midlothian (OS grid ref NT3472).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Musselburgh