muc
Irish (Donegal)
/mˠʊk/
noun
Definitions
- pig, swine also figurative, of a person
- heap; bank, drift
- scowl
- (military) sow
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish mucc (pig) inherited from Proto-Celtic *mokkus.
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*mokkus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- feoil Irish
- mucár Irish
- muiceoil Irish
- muicí Irish
- ár Irish
- daearfoch Welsh
- moch Welsh
- mochyn Welsh
- mucc Old Irish
- muccach Old Irish
- muccaid Old Irish
- muccfoil Old Irish
- muccullach Old Irish
- muc Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- muc Manx
- *mokkus Proto-Celtic
- mucc Middle Irish
- mogh Cornish
- *mox Proto-Brythonic