*mūs

Runic: ᛗᚢᛊ Pronunciation: /ˈmuːs/

noun · feminine · consonant stem

Meanings

mouse

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *múHs.

Cognates include Proto-Slavic *myšь (‘mouse’).

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