Where does “mūstēla” come from?

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

Ancestry of “mūstēla”, step by step

mūstēla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin mūs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmūsa mouse; a rat (the European black rat (Rattus rattus))
2Proto-Italicmūsmouse
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

via Proto-Italic mūstrā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicmūstrāmouse-like animal

Words derived from “mūstēla”

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