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

Root

*mews-[1]

moss

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mews-

*mews-o-m[2]
- Proto-Germanic: *meusą (see there for further descendants)
*mus-o-m
- Proto-Germanic: *musą (see there for further descendants)
*mus-o-s
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *musas
  - Lithuanian: mū̃sas
  - Proto-Slavic: *mъxъ (see there for further descendants)
*mows-ko-s
- Italic:
  - Latin: mūscus
*mews-yeh₂
- Proto-Germanic: *miuzijō (see there for further descendants)

References

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
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “musa(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 379

[devaan-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

[kroonen-2] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “musa(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 379