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 (animal)

Definitions

  1. mouse (animal)

Ancestry of “maus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanmūsmouse
2Old High Germanmūsmouse
3Proto-West Germanicmūsmouse
4Proto-Germanicmūsmouse
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

Words derived from “maus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s →