mjúkr

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

mjúkr

1. soft
2. meek

• (antonym(s) of “soft”): harðr

• mjúkleikr

• Danish: myg
• Faroese: mjúkur
• Icelandic: mjúkur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mjuk
• Norwegian Bokmål: mjuk
• Old Swedish: miūker
  • Swedish: mjuk
• Old Danish: miūk, miūgh
  • Danish: myg, miug (archaic)
    • Norwegian Bokmål: myk^[1]
• English: meek