Where does “mucha” come from?

mucha (Yola) comes from Middle English muche, from Middle English muchel, from Old English miċel, from Proto-West Germanic mikil, from Proto-Germanic mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European meǵa-.

mucha (Yola): big, much

Definitions

  1. big, much

Ancestry of “mucha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmuchemuch
2Middle Englishmuchelmuch
3Old Englishmiċelgreat, large, much
4Proto-West Germanicmikilbig, large
5Proto-Germanicmikilazgreat, large; much, many
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵa-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵa- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mikilaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic mikil →