Where does “datamus” come from?

datamus (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål data, from Latin data, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō, from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- — to give.

datamus (Norwegian Bokmål): a computer mouse

Definitions

  1. a computer mouse

Ancestry of “datamus”, step by step

datamus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål data

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåldatadata; "short form of" datateknologi
2Latindatanominative feminine singular of datus; nominative...
3Latindatumgift, present; accusative supine of dō;...
4Latindatusgiven; offered; yielded
5Latindāre
6Proto-Italicdidōgive
7Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
8Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give

via Norwegian Bokmål mus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmusmouse; pussy
2Old Norsemús
3Proto-Germanicmūsmouse
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃tiEvery word from Proto-Italic didō