myki

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• mykr

Etymology

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

Descendants also show intermixing with Old Norse múgr (“pile”) relating to “dung pile”.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

myki f

1. dung (Literally, “muck”)

Derived terms

• *mykidyngja
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mokdunge (“dung heap”)
• mykireka
• mykiskán

Descendants

• Danish: møg
• Icelandic: myki, mykja
• Norwegian Bokmål: møkk; mokdunge (“dung heap”)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: myk
• Old Swedish: muk, myk
  • Swedish: mök, mög
    • ⇒ Swedish: möka (“fart”)
• ⇒ Old East Norse: [Term?] (“muck, dung”)
  • Danish: mokke
  • Swedish: mocka
    • Swedish: mocka (verb)
• → Middle English: muk, mok
  • English: muck
  • Scots: muk

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “myki”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive