μύξα
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- mucus, discharge from the nose
- slime of certain fish and snails
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (slime, slip, slimy, slippery).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mew-k-
Gloss
slime, slip, slimy, slippery
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- myxovirus English
- orthomyxovirus English
- virus English
- *mysca Latin
- mucus Latin
- mugil Latin
- myxa Latin
- μυκτήρ Ancient Greek
- μυξῖνος Ancient Greek
- μύκης Ancient Greek
- *mew-k- Proto-Indo-European
- muco Portuguese
- մամխենի Armenian
- մամուխ Armenian
- մամուխիկ Armenian
- μύξα Greek (modern)
- *մամուխ Old Armenian
- myk Albanian
- *moukos Proto-Italic
- *mūka Proto-Albanian
- mamúx Romani