15-08-2017, 05:35 PM
I finally looked up German plant names referring to weasels in Marzell. Here's what I found:
Gelber Wiesel: Agrostis alba. I suspect the name is actually derived from Wiese (meadow) here.
Witt Wäselken (Low German for little white weasel): Draba verna. Named for the color of the flowers.
Wieselblume: Myosotis. The name is from Bohemia, where it was believed that, in years when few of these flowers grew, there were also few weasels and therefore more mice.
Wisselbeere, Wisselbaum: Prunus avium var. silvestris. A folk-etymological reinterpretation of "Weichsel" (a type of cherry).
Wieselblut: Verbena officinalis. A literal translation of a Greek name given by Dioscorides. It is mentioned that Dioscorides also gave the same name for a kind of fern.
In none of these cases there seems to be any resemblance to f34v, unless the things on the branches are ripe and unripe cherries, but then the flowers don't fit.
Gelber Wiesel: Agrostis alba. I suspect the name is actually derived from Wiese (meadow) here.
Witt Wäselken (Low German for little white weasel): Draba verna. Named for the color of the flowers.
Wieselblume: Myosotis. The name is from Bohemia, where it was believed that, in years when few of these flowers grew, there were also few weasels and therefore more mice.
Wisselbeere, Wisselbaum: Prunus avium var. silvestris. A folk-etymological reinterpretation of "Weichsel" (a type of cherry).
Wieselblut: Verbena officinalis. A literal translation of a Greek name given by Dioscorides. It is mentioned that Dioscorides also gave the same name for a kind of fern.
In none of these cases there seems to be any resemblance to f34v, unless the things on the branches are ripe and unripe cherries, but then the flowers don't fit.


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