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Where does “mus” come from?

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

mus (Old English): mouse

Definitions

  1. mouse

Ancestry of “mus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mus”

  • mouse
  • mice
  • mousy
  • mouser
  • mousey
  • mouseover
  • mouselike
  • oncomouse
  • antimouse
  • mousie
  • mousehole
  • mousepox
  • shrewmouse
  • mousepad
  • woodmouse
  • flittermouse
  • churchmouse
  • mouseclick
  • mousebird
  • mousetail
  • mousekin
  • mouseproof
  • mousekind
  • mousery
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