Words that come from Proto-Germanic mūs

175 words across 47 languages descend from Proto-Germanic mūs — including mouse, mice, mousy, mouser, mousey, mouseover, mouselike, oncomouse.

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English (50)

Norwegian Nynorsk (21)

Dutch (14)

Middle English (11)

German (10)

Swedish (6)

Icelandic (5)

Middle Dutch (4)

Old English (3)

Pennsylvania German (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Faroese (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Alemannic German (2)

Portuguese (2)

Romanian (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Middle High German (2)

North Frisian (1)

Italian (1)

Danish (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Japanese (1)

Korean (1)

Georgian (1)

Yiddish (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Old Frisian (1)

West Frisian (1)

Cimbrian (1)

German Low German (1)

Ido (1)

Plautdietsch (1)

Spanish (1)

Scots (1)

Old Norse (1)

Limburgish (1)

Thai (1)

Bengali (1)

Chinese (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Old High German (1)