https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_edible_dormouse

Etymology

The word dormouse comes from Middle English dormous, of uncertain origin, possibly from a dialectal *dor-, from Old Norse dár 'benumbed' and Middle English mous 'mouse'.

The word is sometimes conjectured to come from an Anglo-Norman derivative of dormir 'to sleep', with the second element mistaken for mouse, but no such Anglo-Norman term is known to have existed.[4]

The Latin word glis, which is the origin of the scientific name, is from the Proto-Indo-European root *gl̥h₁éys 'weasel, mouse', related to Sanskrit गिरि girí 'mouse' and Ancient Greek γαλέη galéē 'weasel'.

The Wikipedia article slides over the word 'edible' like it's a complete non-problem

Their fault for being more edible than the rest. Get less tasty, maybe you'll get a better name!

Own it honey, you're a snacc.

I love the immediate "a-and". But I read it as a confident "aaand..." which I think is way funnier.

It’s so fracking adorable, I could eat it up. Any recipes?

Only the English call them like that. In German it is the Siebenschläfer. Literally translated the seven sleeper.

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