Before I learned of the Malay connection, I always related “amuck” with just plain “muck”…which I believe comes from the Irish “moc”, meaning “pig”.
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Fors Miner:
July 14th, 2016 at 4:00 pm
Before I learned of the Malay connection, I always related “amuck” with just plain “muck”…which I believe comes from the Irish “moc”, meaning “pig”.