Where does “mýfluga” come from?

mýfluga (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic fluga, from Old Norse fluga, from Proto-Germanic flugǭ, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

mýfluga (Icelandic): a midge, a gnat

Definitions

  1. a midge, a gnat

Ancestry of “mýfluga”, step by step

mýfluga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic fluga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicflugafly; indefinite genitive plural of flug; m
2Old Norseflugafly
3Proto-Germanicflugǭflying insect, fly
4Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fleuganą →