Where does “mooghey” come from?

mooghey (Manx) comes from Old Irish múchad, from Old Irish múch, from Proto-Celtic muk-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mewg- — to smoke, reek.

mooghey (Manx): verbal noun of moogh

Definitions

  1. verbal noun of moogh

Ancestry of “mooghey”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishmúchad—
2Old Irishmúchsmoke, stifling vapour
3Proto-Celticmuk-smoke
4Proto-Indo-European(s)mewg-to smoke, reek

Words derived from “mooghey”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mewg- →Every word from Proto-Celtic muk- →Every word from Old Irish múch →