Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/muggjā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Alternative forms

*muggju

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mugjǭ.

Noun

*muggjā f

small fly, midge, mosquito

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*muggjā
Genitive	*muggjōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*muggjā	*muggjōn
Accusative	*muggjōn	*muggjōn
Genitive	*muggjōn	*muggjōnō
Dative	*muggjōn	muggjōm, muggjum
Instrumental	*muggjōn	muggjōm, muggjum

Descendants

Old English: myċġe
- Middle English: migge
  - English: midge
  - Scots: mige, midge
Old Frisian: *megge, *meche
- Saterland Frisian: Mäge
- West Frisian: mich
Old Saxon: muggia, mugga
- Middle Low German: mügge
  - German Low German: Mügge, Mügg
Old Dutch: *mugga
- Middle Dutch: mugge
  - Dutch: mug
Old High German: mugga, mucka
- Middle High German: mügge, mugge, mucke, mücke
  - German: Mücke
  - Hunsrik: Mick
  - Luxembourgish: Méck

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