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Where does “mugees” come from?

mugees (Galician) comes from Galician mugel, from Latin mugil, from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- — slimy, slippery; slip, slime.

Ancestry of “mugees”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianmugel—
2Latinmugilmullet
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-k-slimy, slippery; slip, slime

Words derived from “mugees”

  • muxes
  • muxe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- →