Where does “muchel” come from?

muchel (Middle English) comes from Old English miċel, from Proto-West Germanic mikil, from Proto-Germanic mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European meǵa-.

muchel (Middle English): much

Definitions

  1. much

Ancestry of “muchel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmiċelgreat, large, much
2Proto-West Germanicmikilbig, large
3Proto-Germanicmikilazgreat, large; much, many
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵa-—

Words derived from “muchel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵa- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mikilaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic mikil →