Where does “mikill” come from?

mikill (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

mikill (Old Norse): great, tall of stature; great, large, in bulk or...

Definitions

  1. great, tall of stature; great, large, in bulk or...

Ancestry of “mikill”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*mikilaz
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

Words derived from “mikill

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂-Every word from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz