Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/múHs

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

    Noun

    *múHs

    1. mouse

    Inflection

    Athematic, hysterokinetic
    singular
    nominative *múHs
    genitive *muHsés
    singular dual plural
    nominative *múHs *múHsh₁(e) *múHses
    vocative *múHs *múHsh₁(e) *múHses
    accusative *múHsm̥ *múHsh₁(e) *múHsm̥s
    genitive *muHsés *? *muHsóHom
    ablative *muHsés *? *muHsmós, *muHsbʰós
    dative *muHséy *? *muHsmós, *muHsbʰós
    locative *múHs, *múHsi *? *muHsú
    instrumental *muHséh₁ *? *muHsmís, *muHsbʰís

    Descendants

    • Proto-Albanian: *mū-
      • Albanian: mi m
    • Armenian:
      • Old Armenian: մուկն (mukn) (possibly from *muh₂s-m̥ (accusative singular))
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mū́ˀšis (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *mūs (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic: *mū́s
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *múHs (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *mūs
      • Latin: mūs (see there for further descendants)

    References

    • Bailey, H. W. (1979) “mūla-”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 337ab
    • Abajev, V. I. (1973) “myst | mistæ”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 142–143
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