Where does “mickle” come from?
mickle (Scots) comes from Old English miċel, from Proto-West Germanic mikil, from Proto-Germanic mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European meǵa-.
mickle (Scots): much, great; a great amount
Definitions
- much, great; a great amount
Ancestry of “mickle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | miċel | great, large, much |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | mikil | big, large |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | mikilaz | great, large; much, many |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵa- | — |