Where does “miš” come from?

miš (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic myšь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mū́ˀšis, from Proto-Indo-Iranian múHs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.

miš (Serbo-Croatian): mouse

Definitions

  1. mouse

Ancestry of “miš”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmyšьmouse
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*mū́ˀšismouse
3Proto-Indo-IranianmúHsmouse
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

Words derived from “miš”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian múHs →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mū́ˀšis →