Etymology Explorer › Old High German

Where does “mūs” come from?

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

Ancestry of “mūs”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mūs”

  • Mäuschen
  • Maus
  • Mäusebussard
  • Mausklick
  • Spitzmaus
  • mausgrau
  • Feldmaus
  • mucksmäuschenstill
  • Hausmaus
  • マウス
  • mūs
  • mus
  • מויז
  • Maus
  • maus
  • Haselmuus
  • Muus
  • Maus
  • Mauskatz
  • Fensemaus
  • Muus
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