mushk

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Albanian

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Etymology 1

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Together with Proto-Slavic *mъskъ (compare Bulgarian мъск (mǎsk), all, presumably, spreading from the South), forming an areal Balkan word for 'mule'.[1] The relationship with Latin mulus and Ancient Greek μυχλός (mukhlós) is unclear. All these terms could have derived from an extinct Mediterranean substrate.

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Noun

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mushk m (plural mushqe, definite mushku, definite plural mushqet)

  1. male mule

References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mushk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 279

Etymology 2

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Variant of mushkull, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin musculus (muscle). Compare Romanian mușchi, Aromanian mushclju, cf. also Catalan muscle (shoulder). Doublet of muskul, a later learned borrowing.

Noun

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mushk m

  1. shoulder