Where does “múkki” come from?
múkki (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic malamúkki, from Danish mallemuk, from Dutch mallemok, from Dutch mal, from Old French mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
múkki (Icelandic): fulmar; specifically the northern fulmar
Definitions
- fulmar; specifically the northern fulmar
Ancestry of “múkki”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | malamúkki | — |
| 2 | Danish | mallemuk | fulmar; northern fulmar |
| 3 | Dutch | mallemok | foolish gull; sailor of a whaling vessel |
| 4 | Dutch | mal | mold, cast; foolish, crazy, lacking common sense |
| 5 | Old French | mole | — |
| 6 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |