Mice

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Old English mūs, (plural) mȳs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch muis and German Maus, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin and Greek mus .


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From Middle English mys, mice, muis, mise, mis, from Old English mȳs(“mice”), cheshirization from 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.


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mice (n.)

plural of mouse (n.), from Old English mys. It shows effects of i-mutation.

A cube of cheese no larger than a die

May bait the trap to catch a nibbling mie.

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