< Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/muggju
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *mugjō.
Noun
*muggju f
- midge, mosquito
Inflection
ō-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *muggju | |
Genitive | *muggjā | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *muggju | *muggjō |
Accusative | *muggjā | *muggjā |
Genitive | *muggjā | *muggjō |
Dative | *muggjē | *muggjōm |
Instrumental | *muggju | *muggjōm |
Descendants
- Old English: myċġ
- Middle English: migge, mydge
- Scots: mige
- English: midge
- Middle English: migge, mydge
- Old Frisian: *megge, *migge
- Saterland Frisian: Määge
- West Frisian: mich
- Old Saxon: muggia, mugga
- Middle Low German: mügge
- German Low German: Mügge, Mügg
- → Old Norse: myg
- Danish: myg
- Swedish: mygga, mygg
- Norwegian: mygg
- Middle Low German: mügge
- Old Dutch: *mugga, muggo (in tonames)
- Middle Dutch: mugge
- Dutch: mug
- Afrikaans: muggie
- Dutch: mug
- Middle Dutch: mugge
- Old High German: mugga, mukka, mucka
- Middle High German: mucke, mücke
- German: Mücke
- Luxembourgish: Méck
- Middle High German: mucke, mücke