mjúkr

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Adjective

mjúkr

soft
meek

Antonyms

(soft): harðr

Derived terms

mjúkleikr

Descendants

Danish: myg
Faroese: mjúkur
Icelandic: mjúkur
Norwegian: myk (Bokmål), mjuk
Swedish: mjuk

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