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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]

  1. moss

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mews-‎ (2 c, 0 e)
  • *mews-o-m
    • Proto-Germanic: *meusą[2]
  • *mus-o-m
    • Proto-Germanic: *musą (see there for further descendants)[3]
  • *mus-o-s
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *muśas
      • Lithuanian: mū̃sas
      • Proto-Slavic: *mъxъ (see there for further descendants)
  • *mows-ko-s
  • *mews-yeh₂
    • >? Proto-Germanic: *miuzijō (“swamp”) (see there for further descendants)
  • mus-ro-
    • >? Proto-Armenian: *mus-r-

References
  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
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “meusa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 368
  3. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “musa(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 379
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