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. Compare also *smeuganą, *smukkōną (“to slip (into), slide, creep”).

Noun

*muk- ?

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