μυχός

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

The connection with Old Armenian մխեմ (mxem, to insert; to immerse) is obsolete and semantically doubtful. The group of Old Norse smjúga (to slip in) and Middle High German smiegen (to nestle) may theoretically derive from Proto-Indo-European *smewgʰ- like Greek, but the Germanic words may also go back to *(s)mewk- and correspond to Lithuanian smùkti (to glide away). Furnée thinks that this noun is Pre-Greek, but without further arguments. One argument could be the gloss βύσσαλος (bússalos, depth, abyss), if it really belongs here; another gloss would be μοχοῖ (mokhoî, within, inside), with a vocalic interchange.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μῠχός (mukhósm (genitive μῠχοῦ); second declension

  1. the inmost or furthest part of a place
  2. recess, nook

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