Where does “Mäuseplage” come from?

Mäuseplage (German) comes from German plāge, from Middle High German plāge, from Latin plāga, from Latin plagius, from Ancient Greek πλάγιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Mäuseplage (German): mice plague

Definitions

  1. mice plague

Ancestry of “Mäuseplage”, step by step

Mäuseplage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German plāge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanplāgeplague affliction or hardship, particularly when seen as a divine punishment
2Middle High Germanplāge—
3Latinplāgaplague, misfortune
4Latinplagius—
5Ancient Greekπλάγιοςplaced sideways, slanting, aslant
6Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via German Mäuse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMäusemoney
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐος →Every word from Ancient Greek πλάγιος →