Where does “mún” come from?

mún (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Indo-European mū- — fly, mosquito; fly, midge; lips, muzzle.

mún (Old Irish): urine

Definitions

  1. urine

Ancestry of “mún”, step by step

mún traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European mū-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmū-fly, mosquito; fly, midge; lips, muzzle

via Proto-Indo-European mew-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move

Words derived from “mún”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mū- →