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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

weasel OE. we(o)sule, wesle = MLG. wesel, wezel, OHG. wisula (G. wiesel):- WGmc. *wisulōn, of unkn. orig.

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