Where does “Mus” come from?
Mus (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German mûs, from Old Saxon mūs, from Proto-West Germanic mūs, from Proto-Germanic mūs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.
Mus (Plautdietsch): mouse
Ancestry of “Mus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | mûs | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | mūs | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | mūs | mouse |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | mūs | mouse |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | múh₂s | mouse |