Where does “mūsfallā” come from?

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

mūsfallā (Proto-West Germanic): mousetrap

Definitions

  1. mousetrap

Ancestry of “mūsfallā”, step by step

mūsfallā traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic mūs

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

via Proto-West Germanic fallā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfallā—

Words derived from “mūsfallā”

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