English word origin

Etymology of Muck

From the German surname, from Mücke (“mosquito”).

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Source etymology 1

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name

A surname.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From the German surname, from Mücke (“mosquito”).

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗

name

A small island in the Small Isles, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NM4179).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Scottish Gaelic muc (“pig”), recorded 1370 as Helantmok (Isle of pigs).

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Derivation mentionmucgd

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Machine-source provenance

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