Where does “muspekare” come from?

muspekare (Swedish) comes from Swedish pekare, from Swedish -are, from Old Swedish -are, from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

muspekare (Swedish): a mouse cursor

Definitions

  1. a mouse cursor

Ancestry of “muspekare”, step by step

muspekare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish pekare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishpekarea pointer, a marker; a pointer; a cursor, a...
2Swedish-areRegular construction of comparative: ful →...
3Old Swedish-area suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria
4Old Norse-aria suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;...
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via Swedish mus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmusmouse; small rodent of the genus "Mus";...
2Old Swedishmūsmouse
3Old Norsemús
4Proto-Germanicmūsmouse
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Swedish -are