mjúkr
Old Norse
adj
Definitions
- soft
- meek
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *meuk- 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
- meek English
- mītificus Latin
- mego Spanish, Castilian
- *mewg- Proto-Indo-European
- mjuk Norwegian Bokmål
- myk Norwegian Bokmål
- silkemyk Norwegian Bokmål
- *meuk- Proto-Germanic
- *meukaz Proto-Germanic
- mjuk Swedish
- mjuk Norwegian Nynorsk
- meek Middle English
- meklac Middle English
- auð- Old Norse
- mjúkleikr Old Norse
- myki Old Norse
- ydmyg Danish
- ydmygelse Danish
- ydmyghed Danish
- auðmjúkur Icelandic
- mjúkbolti Icelandic
- mjúkur Icelandic
- mjúkur Faroese
- miuker Old Swedish
- miūker, miuker Old Swedish
- øthmiuk, ødmygh, ydmygg Old Danish