Where does “miuk” come from?

miuk (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse mjúkr, from Proto-Germanic meukaz, from Proto-Indo-European mewg- — slimy, slippery; slick, slimy.

miuk (Old Danish): lissom, supple, soft

Definitions

  1. lissom, supple, soft

Ancestry of “miuk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemjúkrsoft; meek
2Proto-Germanicmeukaz—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmewg-slimy, slippery; slick, slimy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mewg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic meukaz →Every word from Old Norse mjúkr →