Etymology Explorer › Old English

Where does “mīgan” come from?

mīgan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic mīganą, from Proto-Indo-European meiǵʰ- — to urinate.

Ancestry of “mīgan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmīganąto urinate
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmeiǵʰ-to urinate

Words derived from “mīgan”

  • migoþa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meiǵʰ- →