Where does “dwergspitsmuis” come from?

dwergspitsmuis (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.

dwergspitsmuis (Dutch): Eurasian pygmy shrew (Sorex minutus)

Definitions

  1. Eurasian pygmy shrew (Sorex minutus)

Ancestry of “dwergspitsmuis”, step by step

dwergspitsmuis 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 dwerg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdwergdwarf
2Middle Dutchdwerch—
3Old Dutchdwerg—
4Proto-Germanicdwergazdwarf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s →Every word from Proto-Germanic mūs →Every word from Proto-West Germanic mūs →