muske
Middle English
/ˈmusk/
noun
Definitions
- musk substance derived from a musk deer's glands
- (rare) A kind of plant juice.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French musc derived from Latin muscus (moss) derived from Ancient Greek μόσχος (musk, calf) derived from Middle Persian *mušk (musk) derived from Sanskrit मुष्क (testicle, scrotum, vulva).
Origin
Sanskrit
मुष्क
Gloss
testicle, scrotum, vulva
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- musk English
- musk duck English
- muskball English
- muskmelon English
- muskroot English
- muskwood English
- musky English
- pineapple melon English
- moschatus Latin
- moschus Latin
- muscada Latin
- muscata Latin
- muscus Latin
- musco Italian
- muskus Dutch, Flemish
- musc French
- μόσχινος Ancient Greek
- μόσχος Ancient Greek
- *mews- Proto-Indo-European
- *mosǵʰ-o- Proto-Indo-European
- *muh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- *mus- Proto-Indo-European
- moskus Norwegian Nynorsk
- क Sanskrit
- मुष्क Sanskrit
- मूष् Sanskrit
- musc Old French
- mosqueta Catalan, Valencian
- musgo Galician
- مشک Persian
- Moschus Translingual
- myshk Albanian
- musgo Old Spanish
- *mušk Middle Persian
- mwšk' Middle Persian
- muṣk Kalasha