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

Definitions

  1. plural of Mau

Ancestry of “Maus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMauA kind of short-haired domestic cat
2Egyptianmjwcat; tomcat; likeness
3Egyptian-wUsed to form the masculine plural forms of nouns...
4Proto-Afroasiatic-u—
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic -u →Every word from Egyptian -w →Every word from Egyptian mjw →