Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mūs

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Old English: mūs
- Middle English: mus, mous
  - Scots: mous, mouse, moose
  - English: mouse
Old Frisian: mūs
- North Frisian: müs
- Saterland Frisian: Muus
- West Frisian: mûs
Old Saxon: mūs
- Middle Low German: mûs
  - Low German: Muus
  - Plautdietsch: Mus
Old Dutch: *mūs
- Middle Dutch: muus
  - Dutch: muis
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: mus
- Old Swedish: mūs
  - Swedish: mus
- Old Danish: mūs
  - Danish: mus
- Elfdalian: maus
- Gutnish: mäus

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