Where does “μύκης” come from?

μύκης (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- — slimy, slippery; slip, slime.

μύκης (Ancient Greek): mushroom or other fungus; any mushroom-shaped...

Definitions

  1. mushroom or other fungus; any mushroom-shaped...

Ancestry of “μύκης”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-k-slimy, slippery; slip, slime

Words derived from “μύκης

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-k-