myki

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Germanic *muk-, from Proto-Indo-European *mewg- (“slick, slimy”). Cognates include Middle English mok and muk (English muck).

Pronunciation

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈmỹkɪ/

Noun

myki f

  1. dung

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Danish: møg
  • Icelandic: myki, mykja
  • Norwegian Bokmål: møkk
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: myk
  • → Middle English: muk, mok

References

  • “myki”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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