Where does “moin” come from?

moin (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse móa, from Proto-Germanic meuk-, from Proto-Indo-European mewg- — slimy, slippery; slick, slimy.

Ancestry of “moin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemóato digest
2Proto-Germanicmeuk-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmewg-slimy, slippery; slick, slimy

Words derived from “moin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mewg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic meuk- →Every word from Old Norse móa →