Where does “*mikilaz” come from?
*mikilaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.
Ancestry of “*mikilaz”, step by step
*mikilaz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |
via Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂s
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |