Where does “bosspitsmuis” come from?

bosspitsmuis (Dutch) comes from Dutch spitsmuis, from Dutch muis, from Middle Dutch muus, from Old Dutch mūs, from Proto-West Germanic mūs, from Proto-Germanic mūs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.

bosspitsmuis (Dutch): common shrew (Sorex araneus)

Definitions

  1. common shrew (Sorex araneus)

Ancestry of “bosspitsmuis”, step by step

bosspitsmuis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch spitsmuis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchspitsmuisshrew, laurasiatherian of the family Soricidae
2DutchmuisA mouse; Various resembling species; A mouse, an...
3Middle Dutchmuusmouse
4Old Dutchmūsmouse
5Proto-West Germanicmūsmouse
6Proto-Germanicmūsmouse
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

via Dutch bos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchboswood, forest; bouquet, cluster, bunch
2Middle Dutchboschforest, wood
3Old Dutchbuscbush
4Proto-Germanicbuskazbush; thicket
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s →Every word from Proto-Germanic mūs →Every word from Proto-West Germanic mūs →
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