Where does “Maus” come from?
Maus (English) comes from English Mau, from Egyptian mjw, from Egyptian -w, from Proto-Afroasiatic -u.
Maus (English): plural of Mau
Ancestry of “Maus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Mau | A kind of short-haired domestic cat |
| 2 | Egyptian | mjw | cat; tomcat; likeness |
| 3 | Egyptian | -w | Used to form the masculine plural forms of nouns... |
| 4 | Proto-Afroasiatic | -u | — |