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In German it's Mäusespeck = Mouse Bacon

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Guimauve or Purple mistletoe for whatever reason.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Because of the plant it used to be made of. It' a Gui Mauve plant in french, or a Marsh Mallow in english. Scientific name: Althaea officinalis

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So it's not using the idea of "mauve" as in the color in the name but instead the idea of "mallow/malva" as in the plant. In english those ended up being two different words with the same root. The mistletoe actually was originally refering to hibiscus in the latin, but changed. Origin of the confectuary from the marsh mallow plant comes from Ancient Egypt, so this is actually all descended from Latin/Greek