Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mugjō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *mu- (from earlier *muwī, continuing Proto-Indo-European *muH-íh₂, *muH-iéh₂-s-, the short u a result of Dybo's law) +‎ *-gjō (diminutive suffix). The western Germanic variants underwent a different velarization than *mują, though both are from the same ultimate source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuɣ.jɔː/

Noun

*mugjō f

1. little fly, midge, mosquito

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *mugjō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mugjō	*mugjôz
vocative	*mugjō	*mugjôz
accusative	*mugjǭ	*mugjōz
genitive	*mugjōz	*mugjǫ̂
dative	*mugjōi	*mugjōmaz
instrumental	*mugjō	*mugjōmiz

Related terms

• *mausō
• *mugjǭ
• *mują
• *musō

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *muggju, *muggjā
  • 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: mügge, mugge, mucke, mücke
      • German: Mücke
      • Hunsrik: Mick
      • Luxembourgish: Méck