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Where does “meuk-” come from?

meuk- (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European mewg- — slimy, slippery; slick, slimy.

Ancestry of “meuk-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmewg-slimy, slippery; slick, slimy

Words derived from “meuk-”

  • meek
  • unmeek
  • overmeek
  • unmeekness
  • unmeekly
  • mjukna
  • mjuk
  • myk
  • mjuk
  • mjuk
  • meoc
  • meek
  • mýkja
  • mjúkur
  • auðmýkja
  • auðmjúkur
  • auðmýking
  • auðmýkt
  • mýkt
  • mjúkbolti
  • mjúkr
  • mýkja
  • mjúkleikr
  • mjúkur
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