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