Where does “vleermuis” come from?

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

vleermuis (Dutch): bat

Definitions

  1. bat

Ancestry of “vleermuis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchvlēdermuusbat (animal)
2Middle Dutchmuusmouse
3Old Dutchmūsmouse
4Proto-West Germanicmūsmouse
5Proto-Germanicmūsmouse
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

Words derived from “vleermuis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s →