köken: From Middle Vietnamese mũi, from Proto-Vietic *muːs (“nose”), from Proto-Austroasiatic *muːh ~ *muːɕ (“nose”). Cognate with Khmer ច្រមុះ (crɑɑmoh), Bahnar muh, Khasi khmut, Mon မိုဟ်, Car Nicobarese meh. For the sense of "cape", compare the development of English ness, Bulgarian нос (nos).