Where does “*mūgō” come from?

*mūgō (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin mugil, from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- — slimy, slippery; slip, slime.

Ancestry of “*mūgō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmugilmullet
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-k-slimy, slippery; slip, slime

Words derived from “*mūgō

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-k-Every word from Latin mugil