Where does “mûs” come from?

mûs (West Frisian) comes from Old Frisian mūs, from Proto-West Germanic mūs, from Proto-Germanic mūs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.

mûs (West Frisian): mouse

Definitions

  1. mouse

Ancestry of “mûs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianmūs—
2Proto-West Germanicmūsmouse
3Proto-Germanicmūsmouse
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s →Every word from Proto-Germanic mūs →Every word from Proto-West Germanic mūs →