Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mūs

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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *mūs.

Noun[edit]

*mūs f[1]

  1. mouse

Inflection[edit]

Consonant stem
Singular
Nominative *mūs
Genitive *mūsi
Singular Plural
Nominative *mūs *mūsi
Accusative *mūsu *mūsi
Genitive *mūsi *mūsō
Dative *mūsi *mūsum
Instrumental *mūsi *mūsum

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117: “*mūs”