English
Musselshell
From mussel + shell.
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 *(s)kelH- ‘to cut, split’
Proto-Germanic *skaljō ‘shell, husk’
Proto-West Germanic *skallju
Old English sċiell
Middle English schelle
English shell
Today it means
name the Musselshell River in Montana, USA, named for its freshwater mussels.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Musselshell