mushk

Albanian

Etymology 1

Together with Proto-Slavic *mъskъ (compare Bulgarian мъск (mǎsk), all, presumably, spreading from the South), forming an areal Balkan word for 'mule'. 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 (plural mushqe, definite mushku, definite plural mushqet)

1. male mule

Etymology 2

Variant of mushkull, borrowed through Vulgar Latin 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