myki

Old Norse

Alternative forms

mykr

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

dung

Derived terms

*mykidyngja
mykireka
mykiskán

Descendants

Danish: møg
- → Swedish: mög
Icelandic: myki, mykja
Norwegian Bokmål: møkk
Norwegian Nynorsk: myk
→ Middle English: muk, mok
- English: muck
- Scots: muk

References

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

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