Where does “mikil” come from?

mikil (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic mikil, from Proto-Germanic mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European meǵa-.

mikil (Old Dutch): great, big; a large amount of

Definitions

  1. great, big; a large amount of

Ancestry of “mikil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicmikilbig, large
2Proto-Germanicmikilazgreat, large; much, many
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵa-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵa- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mikilaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic mikil →