Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/múh₂s

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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

*múh₂s

  1. mouse

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Proto-Albanian: *mū-
    • Albanian: mi m
  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: մուկն (mukn) (possibly from *muh₂s-m̥ (accusative singular))
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Slavic: *mỳšь f (see there for further descendants)
  • Germanic: *mūs (see there for further descendants)
  • Hellenic:
  • Indo-Iranian:
    • Indic:
    • Iranian: *mūš-
      • Western Iranian:
      • Eastern Iranian:
        • Avestan: 𐬨𐬏𐬱 (mūš-, name of a Pairikā or sorceress)
        • Chorasmian: [script needed] (muf)
        • Khotanese: [script needed] (mūla-, rat) < *mūž-la-
        • Ossetian:
        • Pashto: مږک m (maẓ̌ak, mouse), مږه f (maẓ̌a, rat)
        • Sogdian: mwš (mūš)
  • Italic: *mūs

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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