Where does “mustaila” come from?

mustaila (Romansch) comes from Latin mūstēla, from Latin mūs, from Proto-Italic mūs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.

mustaila (Romansch): weasel

Definitions

  1. weasel

Ancestry of “mustaila”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmūstēla—
2Latinmūsa mouse; a rat (the European black rat (Rattus rattus))
3Proto-Italicmūsmouse
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s →Every word from Proto-Italic mūs →Every word from Latin mūs →
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