ydmyg
Danish
/yðmyːˀ/
adj
Definitions
- humble
Etymology
Inherited from Old Danish øthmiuk, ødmygh, ydmygg inherited from Old Norse auðmjúkr (willing, humble), auð- (easy) + Old Norse mjúkr (soft, meek, gentle).
Origin
Old Norse
mjúkr
Gloss
soft, meek, gentle
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- eath English
- eath-kent English
- eathful English
- eathlins English
- eathly English
- eathy English
- uneath English
- mjuk Norwegian Bokmål
- myk Norwegian Bokmål
- ydmyk Norwegian Bokmål
- ydmykhet Norwegian Bokmål
- *meuk- Proto-Germanic
- *meukaz Proto-Germanic
- ödmjuk Swedish
- ödmjukhet Swedish
- audmjuk Norwegian Nynorsk
- mjuk Norwegian Nynorsk
- ethe Middle English
- meek Middle English
- auð- Old Norse
- auðmjúkr Old Norse
- mjúkleikr Old Norse
- mjúkr Old Norse
- ydmygelse Danish
- ydmyghed Danish
- auðmjúkur Icelandic
- mjúkur Icelandic
- mjúkur Faroese
- miuker Old Swedish
- miūker, miuker Old Swedish
- øthmiuk, ødmygh, ydmygg Old Danish