mūks
Latvian
noun
Definitions
- monk male member of a monastic or religious order, usually lives in a monastery
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse munkr (monk).
Origin
Old Norse
munkr
Gloss
monk
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- monacha Latin
- monachus Latin
- monāchus Latin
- монах Russian
- monaguillo Spanish, Castilian
- μοναχός Ancient Greek
- *men- Proto-Indo-European
- munk Norwegian Bokmål
- munk Norwegian Nynorsk
- munuc Old English
- munkr Old Norse
- munk Danish
- moingne Old French
- munkur Icelandic
- μοναχός Greek (modern)
- mūķene Latvian
- монах Bulgarian
- монах Macedonian
- munik Old Saxon
- menih Slovene