Where does “lúsmý” come from?

lúsmý (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic mý, from Ancient Greek μῦ, from Phoenician 𐤌𐤌, from Proto-Semitic māy-, from Proto-Afroasiatic maʔ- — water.

lúsmý (Icelandic): Culicoides reconditus

Definitions

  1. Culicoides reconditus

Ancestry of “lúsmý”, step by step

lúsmý traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic mý

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmýmidge, blackfly, midget, gnat; mu
2Ancient Greekμῦmu, the name for the twelfth letter Μ, μ of the...
3Phoenician𐤌𐤌water
4Proto-Semiticmāy-water
5Proto-Afroasiaticmaʔ-water

via Icelandic lús

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandiclúslouse; stingy or miserly person; bug
2Old Norselúslouse
3Proto-Germaniclūslouse
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic maʔ- →Every word from Proto-Semitic māy- →Every word from Phoenician 𐤌𐤌 →