Where does “muis” come from?

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

muis (Dutch): A mouse; Various resembling species; A mouse, an...

Definitions

  1. A mouse; Various resembling species; A mouse, an...

Ancestry of “muis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmuusmouse
2Old Dutchmūsmouse
3Proto-West Germanicmūsmouse
4Proto-Germanicmūsmouse
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

Words derived from “muis

Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s
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