mjúkr

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Adjective

mjúkr

  1. soft
  2. meek

Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “soft”): harðr

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Danish: myg
  • Faroese: mjúkur
  • Icelandic: mjúkur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mjuk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mjuk
  • Old Swedish: miūker
  • Old Danish: miūk, miūgh
    • Danish: myg, miug (archaic)
  • English: meek

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