Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/muk-

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewg-, see also English smoke, Old Armenian մուխ (mux).

Noun

*muk- ?[1]

  1. smoke

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Middle Breton: mog, moug (“hearth”)
      • Breton: mog, moug, mouget, moged
    • Middle Cornish: moog
    • Middle Welsh: mwg
  • Old Irish: múch

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*muk-V-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 281

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mwg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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