From Middle English mousfalle, from Old English mūsfealle, from Proto-West Germanic *mūsfallā, equivalent to mouse + fall. Cognate with Scots mousfall, Saterland Frisian Muusefalle, West Frisian mûzefalle, Dutch muizenval, German Low German Muusfall, Muusfalle, German Mausfalle, Mausefalle.
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