Where does “mūs” come from?

mūs (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic mūs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.

mūs (Latin): a mouse; a rat (the European black rat (Rattus rattus))

Definitions

  1. a mouse; a rat (the European black rat (Rattus rattus))

Ancestry of “mūs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicmūsmouse
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

Words derived from “mūs”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s →Every word from Proto-Italic mūs →