Where does “musaranya” come from?

musaranya (Catalan) comes from Latin mūsarāneus, from Latin mūs, from Proto-Italic mūs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.

musaranya (Catalan): shrew

Definitions

  1. shrew

Ancestry of “musaranya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmūsarāneusa shrew
2Latinmūsa mouse; a rat (the European black rat (Rattus rattus))
3Proto-Italicmūsmouse
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s →Every word from Proto-Italic mūs →Every word from Latin mūs →