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
- great, big; a large amount of
Ancestry of “mikil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | mikil | big, large |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | mikilaz | great, large; much, many |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵa- | — |