meek

From Middle English meek, meke, meoc, unknown origin, likely related to Old English smēag (“subtle, stealthy, etc.”) and smūgan and possibly a borrowing from Old Norse mjúkr (“soft; meek”), from Proto-Germanic *meukaz, *mūkaz (“soft; supple”), from Proto-Indo-European *mewg-, *mewk- (“slick, slippery; to slip”). Cognate with Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk mjuk (“soft”), Norwegian Bokmål myk (“soft”), and Danish myg (“supple”), Dutch muik (“soft, overripe”), dialectal German mauch (“dry and decayed, rotten”), Mauche (“malanders”). Compare as well Welsh mwyth (“soft, weak”), Latin ēmungō (“to blow one's nose”), Tocharian A muk- (“to let go, give up”), Lithuanian mùkti (“to slip away from”), Proto-Slavic *mękъkъ (“soft”), Ancient Greek μύσσομαι (mússomai, “to blow the nose”), Sanskrit मुञ्चति (muñcati, “to release, let loose”).

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meek

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/miːk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English

meek

Cognate with Old English

smēag

Cognate with Swedish

-

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk

mjuk

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål

myk

Cognate with Danish

myg

Cognate with Dutch

muik

Cognate with German

mauch

Cognate with Welsh

mwyth

Cognate with Latin

ēmungō

Cognate with Tokharian A

muk-

Cognate with Lithuanian

mùkti

Cognate with Church Slavic

мъчати

Cognate with Ancient Greek

μύσσομαι

Cognate with Sanskrit

मुञ्चति

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