Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mūs

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *múHs. Cognates include Proto-Slavic *myšь (“mouse”). More cognates: see there.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /muːs/

    Noun

    *mūs f

    1. mouse

    Inflection

    Declension 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

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*mūs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 379
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