Where does “mugg” come from?

mugg (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse mugga, from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- — slimy, slippery; slip, slime.

mugg (Norwegian Nynorsk): mould; small waste particles; dust; mud fever

Definitions

  1. mould; small waste particles; dust; mud fever

Ancestry of “mugg”, step by step

mugg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse mugga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemuggadrizzle, mist
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-k-slimy, slippery; slip, slime

via Danish muk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishmuk—
2Middle Low Germanmuke—

Words derived from “mugg”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- →