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

Definitions

  1. mouse

Ancestry of “Mus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanmûs—
2Old Saxonmūsmouse
3Proto-West Germanicmūsmouse
4Proto-Germanicmūsmouse
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

Words derived from “Mus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s →Every word from Proto-Germanic mūs →Every word from Proto-West Germanic mūs →