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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
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Indo-Iranian
múHs
mouse
2
Proto-Indo-European
múh₂s
mouse
Words derived from “*mū́s”
muscle
muscular
cynical
cynicism
neuromuscular
myocardium
myosin
musculature
cynic
panoply
myopic
myopia
mussel
Bessel
myocarditis
troponin
myositis
dermatomyositis
cynosure
muscularity
Musselburgh
polymyositis
Procyon
hoplite
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