Where does “Meck” come from?

Meck (Central Franconian) comes from Old High German mugga, from Proto-Germanic mugjǭ, from Proto-Germanic mują, from Proto-Indo-European mū- — fly, mosquito; fly, midge; lips, muzzle.

Meck (Central Franconian): a thin-bodied flying insect, particularly a...

Definitions

  1. a thin-bodied flying insect, particularly a...

Ancestry of “Meck”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanmugga—
2Proto-Germanicmugjǭa small fly; midge; mosquito
3Proto-Germanicmująfly
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmū-fly, mosquito; fly, midge; lips, muzzle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mū- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mują →Every word from Proto-Germanic mugjǭ →