Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/muggju

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Alternative forms

• *muggjā

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mugjō.

Noun

*muggju f

1. midge, mosquito

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*muggju
Genitive	*muggjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*muggju	*muggjō
Accusative	*muggjā	*muggjā
Genitive	*muggjā	*muggjō
Dative	*muggjē	*muggjōm, *muggjum
Instrumental	*muggju	*muggjōm, *muggjum

Descendants

• Old English: myċġ
  • Middle English: migge, mydge
    • Scots: mige
    • English: midge
• 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
• Old Dutch: *mugga, muggo (in to-names)
  • Middle Dutch: mugge
    • Dutch: mug
      • Afrikaans: muggie
• Old High German: mugga, mukka, mucka
  • Middle High German: mücke, mügge, mugge, mucke
    • German: Mücke
    • Hunsrik: Mick
    • Luxembourgish: Méck