Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *peliā (compare Latvian pele (mouse), Old Prussian pele (harrier)), from Proto-Indo-European *pelH- (gray) (compare Lithuanian pálšas (ashy gray), pìlkas (gray)).[1]

The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pelė̃ f (plural pẽlės) stress pattern 4

  1. mouse
  2. computer mouse

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “348”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page pelė