Where does “muizenval” come from?

muizenval (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch muyseval, from Old Dutch mūsfalla, from Proto-West Germanic mūsfallā, from Proto-West Germanic mūs, from Proto-Germanic mūs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.

muizenval (Dutch): mousetrap

Definitions

  1. mousetrap

Ancestry of “muizenval”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmuyseval—
2Old Dutchmūsfalla—
3Proto-West Germanicmūsfallāmousetrap
4Proto-West Germanicmūsmouse
5Proto-Germanicmūsmouse
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s →Every word from Proto-Germanic mūs →Every word from Proto-West Germanic mūs →