Where does “mousetaur” come from?
mousetaur (English) comes from English Mouse, from German maus, from Middle High German mūs, from Old High German mūs, from Proto-West Germanic mūs, from Proto-Germanic mūs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.
mousetaur (English): A taur with the lower body of a mouse
Definitions
- A taur with the lower body of a mouse
Ancestry of “mousetaur”, step by step
mousetaur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Mouse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Mouse | The Walt Disney Company |
| 2 | German | maus | mouse (animal) |
| 3 | Middle High German | mūs | mouse |
| 4 | Old High German | mūs | mouse |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | mūs | mouse |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | mūs | mouse |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | múh₂s | mouse |
via English taur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | taur | A fictional creature, resembling a centaur, with the lower body of some four-or-more-legged animal and an upper body either of an anthropomorphic version of that same animal or (less commonly) of a human or another humanoid creature |
| 2 | English | Centaur | One of a race of monsters having a head, torso,... |
| 3 | Latin | centaurus | a centaur |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Κένταυρος | Centaur, a member of a savage race dwelling... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ταῦρος | bull, perhaps also ox |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | táuros | bull |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | táwros | wild bull, aurochs |