Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/mūs

This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *múHs.[1]

    Noun

    *mūs

    1. mouse

    Declension

    Declension of *mūs (consonant stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *mūs *mūzes
    vocative *mūs *mūzes
    accusative *mūzem *mūzens
    genitive *mūzes, mūzos *mūzom
    dative *mūzei *mūzβos
    ablative *mūzi? mūze? *mūzβos
    locative *mūzi? mūze? *mūzβos

    Descendants

    • Latin: mūs (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mūs, mūris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 396-7
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