Where does “músarmotta” come from?

músarmotta (Icelandic) comes from English mouse mat, from English Mat, from English matinée, from French matinée, from Middle French matinee, from Old French matinee, from Old French matin, from Latin mātūtīnus — adjectival suffix.

músarmotta (Icelandic): mouse pad, mouse mat

Definitions

  1. mouse pad, mouse mat

Ancestry of “músarmotta”, step by step

músarmotta traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English mouse mat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmouse matA mouse pad
2EnglishMata Malay man
3EnglishmatinéeAlternative spelling of matinee
4Frenchmatinéemorning
5Middle Frenchmatineemorning
6Old Frenchmatineemorning
7Old Frenchmatinmorning
8Latinmātūtīnusmorning
9Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
10Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
11Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
12Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Icelandic mús

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmúsmouse; mashed potatoes; mousse
2Danishmosmash, puree; moss; imperative of mose
3Middle Low Germanmôs—
4Old Saxonmōsfood
5Proto-West Germanicmōswet food, mush, porridge
6Proto-Germanicmusąmoss, bog
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmūs-fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...

via Icelandic motta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmottarug, mat; mustache
2Danishmåttemat; must, have to, got to; can, may
3Old Norsemegamust, may; to be able to
4Proto-Germanicmaganąto be able, may
5Proto-Indo-European(me)mógʰeto have power, to be able to
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmegʰ-to be able
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Latin -īnus →Every word from Latin mātūtīnus →