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Where does “mīgan” come from?

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

mīgan (Proto-West Germanic): to urinate

Definitions

  1. to urinate

Ancestry of “mīgan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mīgan”

  • migan
  • migen
  • mīgan
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