Where does “Mustelinae” come from?

Mustelinae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Mustela, from Latin mūstēla, from Latin mūs, from Proto-Italic mūs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.

Mustelinae (Translingual): subfamily

Definitions

  1. subfamily

Ancestry of “Mustelinae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualMustelagenus
2Latinmūstēla—
3Latinmūsa mouse; a rat (the European black rat (Rattus rattus))
4Proto-Italicmūsmouse
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s →Every word from Proto-Italic mūs →Every word from Latin mūs →