Where does “miċel” come from?

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

miċel (Old English): great, large, much

Definitions

  1. great, large, much

Ancestry of “miċel”, step by step

miċel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic mikil

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

via Proto-Germanic *mikilaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*mikilaz—

Words derived from “miċel”

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