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Where does “*mū́s” come from?

*mū́s (Proto-Hellenic) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian múHs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.

Ancestry of “*mū́s”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IranianmúHsmouse
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse
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