*SET-U

PERMANENT JOURNEY RECORD / 77

COMPLETE ROUTE ↗
STAGE 02broadNO SINGLE PIN

before the 12th c. first-use horizon

Old English records

mussel DOSSIER ↗
THE REVIEWED ROUTE CLAIM

Old English muscelle names the bivalve mollusk on the direct route to English mussel.

COORDINATES STORED
NO
HONEST TO PLOT
NO
PLACEMENT MODE
broad
TIME PRECISION
before
NUMERIC TIME BOUND
YES
CLAIM CITATIONS
1
THE TEMPORAL CLAIM

THIS STAGE ENTERS THE TIMELINE.

The before-1100 bound exposes the source-reported “before the 12th century” English horizon; it is not an exact date for the Old English borrowing.

PLACE IN GLOBAL CHRONOLOGY ↗
DIRECT STAGE-LEVEL PROVENANCE

AUDIT THE ROUTE CLAIM.

Every source below identifies its exact stance, locator, and evidentiary contribution.

  1. supports

    Mussel — Word History

    Identifies Old English muscelle in the direct ancestry of mussel and reports English use before the twelfth century.

    Word History: Etymology and First Known UseAUDIT SOURCE ↗