Where does “Muskelspannung” come from?

Muskelspannung (German) comes from German Muskel, from Latin mūsculus, from Ancient Greek μῦς, from Proto-Hellenic *mū́s, from Proto-Indo-Iranian múHs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.

Muskelspannung (German): muscle tension

Definitions

  1. muscle tension

Ancestry of “Muskelspannung”, step by step

Muskelspannung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Muskel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMuskelmuscle
2Latinmūsculusa small mouse
3Ancient Greekμῦςmouse; A type of mussel; A type of whale
4Proto-Hellenic*mū́s—
5Proto-Indo-IranianmúHsmouse
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

via German Spannung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSpannungvoltage; tension; suspense
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung—
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian múHs →Every word from Proto-Hellenic *mū́s →