Where does “museklikk” come from?

museklikk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål mus, from Old Norse mús, from Proto-Germanic mūs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.

museklikk (Norwegian Bokmål): a mouse click

Definitions

  1. a mouse click

Ancestry of “museklikk”, step by step

museklikk traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål mus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmusmouse; pussy
2Old Norsemús—
3Proto-Germanicmūsmouse
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

via Norwegian Bokmål klikk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålklikka clique; a click; imperative of klikke
2Frenchcliqueclique; first-person singular present indicative...
3Old Frenchcliquerto click, clack, sound, resound

via Norwegian Bokmål e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian BokmåleAlternative form of ei
Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s →Every word from Proto-Germanic mūs →Every word from Old Norse mús →