Where does “spitsmuis” come from?

spitsmuis (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.

spitsmuis (Dutch): shrew, laurasiatherian of the family Soricidae

Definitions

  1. shrew, laurasiatherian of the family Soricidae

Ancestry of “spitsmuis”, step by step

spitsmuis 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 spits

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchspitspointed; a pointed tip; A top, a peak, a pinnacle...
2Germanspitzpointed, pointy; sharp; spiky
3Old High Germanspizzi—

Words derived from “spitsmuis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s →Every word from Proto-Germanic mūs →Every word from Proto-West Germanic mūs →