Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/múh₂s

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

Athematic, hysterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*múh₂s
genitive	*muh₂sés
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*múh₂s	*múh₂sh₁(e)	*múh₂ses
vocative	*múh₂s	*múh₂sh₁(e)	*múh₂ses
accusative	*múh₂sm̥	*múh₂sh₁(e)	*múh₂sm̥s
genitive	*muh₂sés	*?	*muh₂sóHom
ablative	*muh₂sés	*?	*muh₂smós
dative	*muh₂séy	*?	*muh₂smós
locative	*múh₂s, *múh₂si	*?	*muh₂sú
instrumental	*muh₂séh₁	*?	*muh₂smís

Descendants

• Proto-Albanian: *mū-
  • Albanian: mi m
• Armenian:
  • Old Armenian: մուկն (mukn) (possibly from *muh₂s-m̥ (accusative singular))
    • Armenian: մուկ (muk)
• Balto-Slavic:
  • Slavic: *mỳšь f (see there for further descendants)
• Germanic: *mūs (see there for further descendants)
• Hellenic:
  • Ancient Greek: μῦς m (mûs), μῠός (muós, genitive)
• Indo-Iranian: *múHs (see there for further descendants)
• Italic: *mūs
  • Latin: mūs m or f, mūris (genitive)
    • Gallo-Romance:
      • Occitan: mirga
      • Romansh: mieur f
    • Ibero-Romance:
      • Old Portuguese: mur m
      • Portuguese: mure, muro
      • Spanish: mur m

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