Where does “muxe” come from?
muxe (Galician) comes from Galician muxes, from Galician mugees, from Galician mugel, from Latin mugil, from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- — slimy, slippery; slip, slime.
muxe (Galician): mullet
Ancestry of “muxe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Galician | muxes | — |
| 2 | Galician | mugees | — |
| 3 | Galician | mugel | — |
| 4 | Latin | mugil | mullet |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mew-k- | slimy, slippery; slip, slime |