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Where does “vlēdermuus” come from?

vlēdermuus (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch muus, from Old Dutch mūs, from Proto-West Germanic mūs, from Proto-Germanic mūs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.

Ancestry of “vlēdermuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmuusmouse
2Old Dutchmūs—
3Proto-West Germanicmūsmouse
4Proto-Germanicmūsmouse
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

Words derived from “vlēdermuus”

  • vleermuis
  • vlermuis
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