mjúkr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *meukaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mewg- (“slimy, slippery”).

Adjective

mjúkr

1. soft
2. meek

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “soft”): harðr

Derived terms

• mjúkleikr

Descendants

• Danish: myg
• Faroese: mjúkur
• Icelandic: mjúkur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mjuk
• Norwegian Bokmål: mjuk
• Old Swedish: miūker
  • Swedish: mjuk
• Old Danish: miūk, miūgh
  • Danish: myg, miug (archaic)
    • Norwegian Bokmål: myk
• English: meek