mushk

Albanian

Etymology 1

Together with Proto-Slavic *mъskъ ( cf.Bulgarian мъск (mŭsk), all, presumably, spreading from the South), forming an areal Balkan word for 'mule'[1]. The relationship with Latin mulus and Ancient Greek μυχλός (mukhlós) is unclear. All these terms could have derived from an extinct Mediterranean substrate

Alternative forms
  • mushkë

Noun

mushk m (indefinite plural mushqe, definite singular mushku, definite plural mushqet)

  1. male mule

References
  1. Albanian Etymological Dictionary, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden Boston Köln 1998, p.279

Etymology 2

Variant of mushkull, borrowed from Latin musculus (“muscle”). Compare Romanian mușchi, Aromanian mushclju, cf. also Catalan muscle (“shoulder”). Doublet of muskul, a later learned borrowing.

Noun

mushk m

  1. shoulder
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