mus
Dutch (Brabantic)
/mʏs/
noun
Definitions
- sparrow, bird of the family Passeridae, especially of the genus Passer and a few smaller genera
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch mussche inherited from Old Dutch musca derived from Latin muscio.
Origin
Latin
muscio
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- musca Latin
- muscio Latin
- musciō Latin
- Sperling German
- Sperlingsvogel German
- alpenheggenmus Dutch, Flemish
- gras Dutch, Flemish
- grasmus Dutch, Flemish
- heg Dutch, Flemish
- heggenmus Dutch, Flemish
- huis Dutch, Flemish
- huismus Dutch, Flemish
- ring Dutch, Flemish
- ringmus Dutch, Flemish
- rood Dutch, Flemish
- roodmus Dutch, Flemish
- sperwergrasmus Dutch, Flemish
- mussche Middle Dutch
- sperlinc Middle High German
- Mësch Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- musca Old Dutch
- mosk Western Frisian
- Mösch Central Franconian