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

1. 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 (Uri)
      • Central Franconian: Muus, Mus (variant spelling), Maus, Mous (Moselle Franconian)
        • Hunsrik: Maus
        • Luxembourgish: Maus
      • Cimbrian: maus
      • German: Maus
      • Vilamovian: maojs
      • Yiddish: מויז (moyz)
• Old Norse: mús
  • Icelandic: mús
  • Faroese: mús
  • Norn: mus
  • Norwegian: mus
  • Old Swedish: mus, mūs
    • Swedish: mus
  • Old Danish: mus, mūs
    • Danish: mus
  • Elfdalian: maus
  • Gutnish: mäus