Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mūs

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s. Cognates include Proto-Slavic *myšь (“mouse”). More cognates: see there.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /muːs/

Noun

*mūs f

mouse

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *mūs (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mūs	*mūsiz
vocative	*mūs	*mūsiz
accusative	*mūsų	*mūsunz
genitive	*mūsiz	*mūsǫ̂
dative	*mūsi	*mūsumaz
instrumental	*mūsē	*mūsumiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *mūs
- Old English: mūs
  - Middle English: mous, mouse, mowse, mows, mus, mowce, muse
    - English: mouse (see there for further descendants), moose (Northumbrian); muss
    - Scots: moose
- Old Frisian: mūs
  - North Frisian: müs
  - Saterland Frisian: Múus
  - West Frisian: mûs
- Old Saxon: mūs
  - Middle Low German: mûs
    - Low German: Muus
    - Plautdietsch: Mus
- Old Dutch: *mūs
  - Middle Dutch: muus
    - Dutch: muis
      - Afrikaans: muis
      - Jersey Dutch: mäus
      - Negerhollands: mischi, miśi, muśi
      - → Caribbean Hindustani: mus
      - → Sranan Tongo: moismoisi
    - Limburgish: moes
- Old High German: mūs
  - Middle High German: mūs
    - Alemannic German: Muus, Müss
    - Central Franconian: Muus, Mous
    - Cimbrian: maus
    - German: Maus
    - Luxembourgish: Maus
    - Vilamovian: maojs
    - Yiddish: מויז‎ (moyz)
Old Norse: mús
- Icelandic: mús
- Faroese: mús
- Norn: mus
- Norwegian:
  - Norwegian Bokmål: mus
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: mus
- Old Swedish: mūs
  - Swedish: mus
- Old Danish: mūs
  - Danish: mus
- Elfdalian: maus
- Gutnish: mäus

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