Where does “mjuk” come from?

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

mjuk (Swedish): soft

Definitions

  1. soft

Ancestry of “mjuk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishmiūkersoft
2Old Norsemjúkrsoft; meek
3Proto-Germanicmeukaz—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmewg-slimy, slippery; slick, slimy

Words derived from “mjuk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mewg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic meukaz →Every word from Old Norse mjúkr →