Where does “שלאָף־מויז” come from?

שלאָף־מויז (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish מויז, from Middle High German mūs, from Old High German mūs, from Proto-West Germanic mūs, from Proto-Germanic mūs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.

שלאָף־מויז (Yiddish): dormouse

Definitions

  1. dormouse

Ancestry of “שלאָף־מויז”, step by step

שלאָף־מויז traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish מויז

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishמויזmouse
2Middle High Germanmūsmouse
3Old High Germanmūsmouse
4Proto-West Germanicmūsmouse
5Proto-Germanicmūsmouse
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

via Yiddish שלאָף

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשלאָףsleep
2Middle High Germanslāf—
3Old High Germanslāfslack
4Proto-Germanicslap-—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₂b-to hang loosely, be weak; to be weak, limp,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s →Every word from Proto-Germanic mūs →Every word from Proto-West Germanic mūs →