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mok.

mug, large cup with handle

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/mɔk/
  1. mug, large cup with handle

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Probably related to Old Dutch *mocha (“piece, lump”), from Proto-Germanic *mukkan- (“bump, lump”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *muk- (“heap”), similar to Ancient Greek μύκων (múkōn, “pile”). Compare Old English mūga, Old Norse múgr (“mass, heap (of corn)”).

noun/mɔk/
  1. mud fever (infection of a horse’s lower limb)

    feminine · no-diminutive · uncountable
Where this word comes from

17th century, a variant of muik, from Middle Dutch muke, muyke, from Proto-West Germanic *mūk-, *mukk-, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *mūkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mewg- (“slimy, slippery”). Cognate with German Mauke, which see.

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