Etymology

Mushki

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Today it means: An Iron Age people of Anatolia who appear in Assyrian sources. Full definition →

Akkadian 𒆳𒈬𒍑𒆠
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  1. Akkadian · derived from𒆳𒈬𒍑𒆠
  2. English todayMushki

From Akkadian 𒆳𒈬𒍑𒆠 (ᴷᵁᴿmu-uš-ki /⁠Muški⁠/) Possibly identified with the Phrygians, but theorized by some to be a tribe of Proto-Armenian or Kartvelian origin. More at Mushki. Cognate with Biblical Hebrew מֶשֶׁךְ (Mešeḵ). Compare Latin Moschi.

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