myki
Old Norse
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editDerived from Proto-Germanic *muk-, from Proto-Indo-European *mewg- (“slick, slimy”). Cognates include Middle English mok and muk (English muck).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmyki f
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Danish: møg
- → Swedish: mög
- Icelandic: myki, mykja
- Norwegian Bokmål: møkk
- Norwegian Nynorsk: myk
- → Middle English: muk, mok
References
edit- “myki”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press