muis
Afrikaans
/mœi̯s/
noun
Definitions
- mouse rodent
- (computing) mouse
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish muis (mouse) inherited from Middle Dutch muus (mouse) inherited from Old Dutch *mūs inherited from Proto-Germanic *mūs (mouse).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*mūs
Gloss
mouse
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鼠
Emoji
🐁 🐭 🖱️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- muishond English
- aardmuis Dutch, Flemish
- computermuis Dutch, Flemish
- dwergmuis Dutch, Flemish
- huismuis Dutch, Flemish
- motormuis Dutch, Flemish
- muis Dutch, Flemish
- muisaanwijzer Dutch, Flemish
- muisarm Dutch, Flemish
- muishond Dutch, Flemish
- muisjes Dutch, Flemish
- muisknop Dutch, Flemish
- muismat Dutch, Flemish
- muizenval Dutch, Flemish
- muizeval Dutch, Flemish
- oogstmuis Dutch, Flemish
- pielemuis Dutch, Flemish
- sneeuwmuis Dutch, Flemish
- spitsmuis Dutch, Flemish
- vleermuis Dutch, Flemish
- zeemuis Dutch, Flemish
- *muh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- *múh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- *mūs- Proto-Indo-European
- *mūs Proto-Germanic
- *mūsiz Proto-Germanic
- mūs Old English
- mús Old Norse
- muus Middle Dutch
- mūs Old High German
- hond Afrikaans
- muishond Afrikaans
- *mūs gmw-pro
- *mūs Old Dutch
- moismoisi Sranan Tongo
- moes Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish