'Mustuka': nederlanderatik mailegatutako hitza?

This paper discusses the Basque word 'mustuka' as a possible loan from Dutch. Plausible phonetic changes illustrate the borrowing process from Dutch 'poetsdoek' (mop, rag) to Northern Basque 'mustuka'. It is hypothesized that the term was borrowed by Basque whaling specialists hired on ships of the Dutch Nordic Company during several decades of the 17th century.