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Where does “mȳs” come from?

mȳs (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic mūsiz, from Proto-Germanic mūs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.

mȳs (Old English): mice

Definitions

  1. mice

Ancestry of “mȳs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmūsizmice
2Proto-Germanicmūsmouse
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

Words derived from “mȳs”

  • mice
  • mice
  • mis
  • mys
  • muis
  • mise
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