mice

(Englisch)

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mouse

Frequenz

C1
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/maɪs/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English mys, mice, muis, mise, mis, from Old English mȳs (“mice”), from an umlauted form of Proto-Germanic *mūsiz (“mice”), nominative and vocative plural of Proto-Germanic *mūs (“mouse”). Compare Scots mice, mise, myse, myce (“mice”), West Frisian mûzen (“mice”), Dutch muizen (“mice”), German Mäuse (“mice”), Swedish möss (“mice”), Faroese mýs (“mice”), Icelandic mýs (“mice”). More at mouse.

Related words

Langschwanzmäuse

Apodemus

ποντίκια

mysz

Muridae

miþk

mus

apodemus

apodemus

mus

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