Mouse Definition

Origin of Mouse

• Germanic cognates include Old Frisian mūs, Old Saxon mūs (Dutch muis), Old High German mūs (German Maus), Old Norse mús (Swedish mus, Danish mus, Norwegian mus, Icelandic mús, Faroese mús).

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• Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek μῦς (mūs), Latin mūs, Armenian մուկ (muk), Old Church Slavonic мꙑшь (myšĭ) (Russian мышь (myšʹ)), Albanian mī, Persian موش (muš), Sanskrit मूष् (mūṣ)

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• From Middle English mous, from Old English mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s.

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• Middle English mous from Old English mūs mūs- in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Middle English mous from Old English mūs mūs- in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition