Where does “Maus” come from?

Maus (German) comes 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.

Maus (German): mouse

Definitions

  1. mouse

Ancestry of “Maus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanmūsmouse
2Old High Germanmūsmouse
3Proto-West Germanicmūsmouse
4Proto-Germanicmūsmouse
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s →Every word from Proto-Germanic mūs →Every word from Proto-West Germanic mūs →