*SET-U

PERMANENT JOURNEY RECORD / 82

COMPLETE ROUTE ↗
STAGE 03broadNO SINGLE PIN

before the 12th c. first-use horizon

Old English records

mouse DOSSIER ↗
THE REVIEWED ROUTE CLAIM

Old English mūs is the direct recorded ancestor of English mouse.

COORDINATES STORED
NO
HONEST TO PLOT
NO
PLACEMENT MODE
broad
TIME PRECISION
before
NUMERIC TIME BOUND
YES
CLAIM CITATIONS
2
THE TEMPORAL CLAIM

THIS STAGE ENTERS THE TIMELINE.

The before-1100 bound exposes the source-reported “before the 12th century” English horizon; it does not date every Old English occurrence.

PLACE IN GLOBAL CHRONOLOGY ↗
DIRECT STAGE-LEVEL PROVENANCE

AUDIT THE ROUTE CLAIM.

Every source below identifies its exact stance, locator, and evidentiary contribution.

  1. supports

    Mouse — Word History

    Identifies Old English mūs as the direct ancestor of Middle and Modern English mouse and reports use before the twelfth century.

    Word History: Etymology and First Known UseAUDIT SOURCE ↗
  2. supports

    Mouse — Word History

    Confirms the recorded Old English form and its Germanic relatives on the direct English route.

    Word History: Old English mūsAUDIT SOURCE ↗