mjuk
Norwegian Nynorsk
/mjʉːk/
adjective
Definitions
- soft
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse mjúkr (soft, meek, gentle) inherited from Proto-Germanic *meukaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *mewg- (slimy, slippery, slick).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mewg-
Gloss
slimy, slippery, slick
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- meacock English
- meek English
- meeken English
- meekhead English
- meekish English
- meekly English
- meekness English
- overmeek English
- unmeek English
- *mewg- Proto-Indo-European
- mjuk Norwegian Bokmål
- myk Norwegian Bokmål
- *meuk- Proto-Germanic
- *meukaz Proto-Germanic
- meek Middle English
- mjúkleikr Old Norse
- mjúkr Old Norse
- myki Old Norse
- ydmyg Danish
- mjúkur Icelandic
- mjúkur Faroese
- miuker Old Swedish
- miūker, miuker Old Swedish