Where does “mousy” come from?
Mousy comes from Middle English -y, Middle French -ie, Latin -ia, Latin -ivus, Latin -ia, Proto-Indo-European -kos, and Proto-Indo-European -kos, ultimately deriving from a suffix-stacking pattern in Indo-European morphology.
mousy (English): Resembling a mouse; Abounding or infested with...
Definitions
- Resembling a mouse; Abounding or infested with...
Ancestry of “mousy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Mouse | — |
| 2 | German | maus | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | mūs | — |
| 4 | Old High German | mūs | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | mūs | mouse |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | mūs | mouse |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | múh₂s | mouse |
Words derived from “mousy”