Where does “muisaanwijzer” come from?

muisaanwijzer (Dutch) comes 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.

muisaanwijzer (Dutch): mouse cursor

Definitions

  1. mouse cursor

Ancestry of “muisaanwijzer”, step by step

muisaanwijzer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch muis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchmuisA mouse; Various resembling species; A mouse, an...
2Middle Dutchmuusmouse
3Old Dutchmūsmouse
4Proto-West Germanicmūsmouse
5Proto-Germanicmūsmouse
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

via Dutch aanwijzer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchaanwijzerpointer
2Dutch-erForms agent nouns from verbs; Forms nouns for a...
3Old Dutch-āri
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂sEvery word from Proto-Germanic mūsEvery word from Proto-West Germanic mūs
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