Where does “Murinae” come from?

Murinae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Mus, from Latin mūs, from Proto-Italic mūs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.

Murinae (Translingual): subfamily

Definitions

  1. subfamily

Ancestry of “Murinae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualMusgenus of mice
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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