Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mūs

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mūs.

Noun

*mūs f

1. mouse

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mūs
Genitive	*mūsi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mūs	*mūsi
Accusative	*mūsu	*mūsi
Genitive	*mūsi	*mūsō
Dative	*mūsi	*mūsum
Instrumental	*mūsi	*mūsum

Descendants

• Old English: mūs
  • Middle English: mous, mouse, mowse, mows, mus, mowce, muse
    • English: mouse (see there for further descendants), moose (Northumbrian); muss
    • Scots: moose
• Old Frisian: mūs
  • North Frisian: müs
  • Saterland Frisian: Múus
  • West Frisian: mûs
• Old Saxon: mūs
  • Middle Low German: mûs
    • Low German: Muus
    • Plautdietsch: Mus
• Old Dutch: *mūs
  • Middle Dutch: muus
    • Dutch: muis
      • Afrikaans: muis
      • Jersey Dutch: mäus
      • Negerhollands: mischi, miśi, muśi
      • → Caribbean Hindustani: mus
      • → Sranan Tongo: moismoisi
    • Limburgish: moes
• Old High German: mūs
  • Middle High German: mūs
    • Alemannic German: Muus, Müss (Uri)
    • Central Franconian: Muus, Mus (variant spelling); Maus, Mous (Moselle Franconian)
    • Cimbrian: maus
    • German: Maus
    • Luxembourgish: Maus
    • Vilamovian: maojs
    • Yiddish: מויז (moyz)