Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mews-

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 edit

Root edit

*mews-[1]

  1. moss

Derived terms edit

  • *mews-o-m
    • Proto-Germanic: *meusą[2]
  • *mus-o-m
    • Proto-Germanic: *musą (see there for further descendants)[3]
  • *mus-o-s
  • *mows-ko-s
  • *mews-yeh₂
    • >? Proto-Germanic: *miuzijō (swamp) (see there for further descendants)
  • mus-ro-

References edit

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mūscus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 397
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “meusa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 368
  3. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “musa(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 379