Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/muk-

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mew-g-, *mew-k- (“to be slippery, glide, slip; slime; slimy”); compare Latin mūcus. However the sound correspondences with the few potential cognates are irregular, and a substrate or onomatopoeic origin is possible.

Noun

*muk- ?

1. slime
2. liquid filth, addle
3. manure, dung

Derived terms

• *mukį̄
  • Old Norse: myki, mykr
    • Danish: møg
      • → Swedish: mög
    • Icelandic: myki, mykja
    • Norwegian Bokmål: møkk
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: myk
    • → Middle English: muk, mok
      • English: muck
      • Scots: muk
    • → Norman: mucre
• *mukǭ
  • Proto-West Germanic: *mukā
    • Old English: *muce
      • ⇒ Old English: lustmoce

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *muk, *mok
  • Old English: *moc
    • ⇒ Old English: hlōsmoc
• Old Norse: *muk, *mok
  • ⇒ Norwegian Nynorsk: mokdunge