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Meek

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means quiet, gentle, and submissive by nature
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Stage 1 of 2
mjukr
Old Norse · medieval
"soft, gentle"
soft, gentle, pliant
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Stage 2 of 2
meek
English · 1200s
"quiet, gentle, and easily imposed upon"
settled as the English word for a gentle, submissive quality
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