Where does “μύξα” come from?

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

μύξα (Ancient Greek): mucus, discharge from the nose; slime of certain...

Definitions

  1. mucus, discharge from the nose; slime of certain...

Ancestry of “μύξα”, step by step

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

Words derived from “μύξα

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