Where does “Mücke” come from?

Mücke (German) comes from Old High German mucka, from Proto-West Germanic muggjā, from Proto-Germanic mugjǭ, from Proto-Germanic mują, from Proto-Indo-European mū- — fly, mosquito; fly, midge; lips, muzzle.

Mücke (German): mosquito; insect of the order Nematocera, that is...

Definitions

  1. mosquito; insect of the order Nematocera, that is...

Ancestry of “Mücke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanmucka—
2Proto-West Germanicmuggjāsmall fly, midge, mosquito
3Proto-Germanicmugjǭa small fly; midge; mosquito
4Proto-Germanicmująfly
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmū-fly, mosquito; fly, midge; lips, muzzle

Words derived from “Mücke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mū- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mują →Every word from Proto-Germanic mugjǭ →