Where does “mygg” come from?

mygg (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse mý, from Proto-Germanic mugjǭ, from Proto-Germanic mują, from Proto-Indo-European mū- — fly, mosquito; fly, midge; lips, muzzle.

mygg (Norwegian Bokmål): a mosquito; something small

Definitions

  1. a mosquito; something small

Ancestry of “mygg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemý—
2Proto-Germanicmugjǭa small fly; midge; mosquito
3Proto-Germanicmująfly
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmū-fly, mosquito; fly, midge; lips, muzzle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mū- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mują →Every word from Proto-Germanic mugjǭ →