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Where does “meohx” come from?

meohx (Old English) comes from Old English meox, from Old English mīgan, from Proto-Germanic mīganą, from Proto-Indo-European meiǵʰ- — to urinate.

Ancestry of “meohx”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmeoxpoop
2Old Englishmīgan—
3Proto-Germanicmīganąto urinate
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeiǵʰ-to urinate

Words derived from “meohx”

  • mixen
  • dungmixen
  • myxen
  • mixen
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