Where does “Migj” come from?

Migj (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German mügge, from Old Saxon muggia, from Proto-West Germanic muggjā, from Proto-Germanic mugjǭ, from Proto-Germanic mują, from Proto-Indo-European mū- — fly, mosquito; fly, midge; lips, muzzle.

Migj (Plautdietsch): mosquito

Definitions

  1. mosquito

Ancestry of “Migj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanmügge—
2Old Saxonmuggia—
3Proto-West Germanicmuggjāsmall fly, midge, mosquito
4Proto-Germanicmugjǭa small fly; midge; mosquito
5Proto-Germanicmująfly
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmū-fly, mosquito; fly, midge; lips, muzzle

Words derived from “Migj”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mū- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mują →Every word from Proto-Germanic mugjǭ →