murjoe

Old French

Alternative forms

  • musgode, murgoe, mujoe, migoe, meurjoye

Etymology

Probably from a Frankish *mūsgauda. The first element of this word is thought to be Frankish *mūs (“mouse”), the semantic relationship being explained by mice's habit of storing food.[1]

Verb

murjoe oblique singular, f (oblique plural murjoes, nominative singular murjoe, nominative plural murjoes)

  1. provision of food
  2. storeroom for apples

Descendants

  • ⇒ French: mijoter

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*mūsgauda”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 585

Further reading

Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “murjoe”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.

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