Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/múh₂s

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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

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	*?	*muh₂sbʰí

Descendants

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 Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, pages 142–143