| Etymology: [ 'm&k ] (noun.) 13th century. From Middle English mok, muk, from Old Norse myki, mykr 'dung' (compare Icelandic mykja), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meug, *meuk 'slick, slippery' (compare Welsh mign 'swamp', Latin mūcus 'snot', mucere 'to be moldy or musty', Latvian mukls 'swampy', Ancient Greek mýxa 'mucus, lamp wick', mýkes 'fungus'), from *(s)meug, meuk 'to slip'. More at meek. |
