мышца

From Proto-Slavic *mỳšь (“mouse”) (referring to the mouse-like appearance of a flexing muscle), from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s. For semantic development, compare to Latin mūsculus (“muscle”, literally “little mouse”) and Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “mouse; muscle”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɨʂt͡sə]

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мы́шца • (mýšca) f inan (genitive мы́шцы, nominative plural мы́шцы, genitive plural мышц, relational adjective мы́шечный)

1. muscle

   Synonym: му́скул (múskul)

• подмы́шка f (podmýška)

• мышь f anim (myšʹ)
• мы́щелок m (mýščelok)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мышка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мышь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress