mjúkr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *meuk-, from Proto-Indo-European *mewg- (“slimy, slippery”).

Adjective

mjúkr

  1. soft
  2. meek

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Danish: myg
  • Faroese: mjúkur
  • Icelandic: mjúkur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mjuk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mjuk
  • Swedish: mjuk
  • Old Danish: miūk, miūgh
  • English: meek

References

  1. ^ “myk” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
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