Where does “mikill” come from?

mikill (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse mikill, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

mikill (Icelandic): large in quantity or number; much; great

Definitions

  1. large in quantity or number; much; great

Ancestry of “mikill”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemikillgreat, tall of stature; great, large, in bulk or...
2Proto-Germanic*mikilaz—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

Words derived from “mikill”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz →Every word from Old Norse mikill →
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