Where does “Mauszeiger” come from?

Mauszeiger (German) comes 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.

Mauszeiger (German): mouse cursor

Definitions

  1. mouse cursor

Ancestry of “Mauszeiger”, step by step

Mauszeiger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German maus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmausmouse (animal)
2Middle High Germanmūsmouse
3Old High Germanmūsmouse
4Proto-West Germanicmūsmouse
5Proto-Germanicmūsmouse
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

via German Zeiger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZeigerpointer, locator; hand; pointer
2Old High Germanzeigāri—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s →Every word from Proto-Germanic mūs →Every word from Proto-West Germanic mūs →