Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/muggju

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

*muggjā

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mugjō.

Noun

*muggju f

midge, mosquito

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*muggju
Genitive	*muggjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*muggju	*muggjō
Accusative	*muggjā	*muggjā
Genitive	*muggjā	*muggjō
Dative	*muggjē	muggjōm, muggjum
Instrumental	*muggju	muggjōm, muggjum

Descendants

Old English: myċġ
- Middle English: migge, mydge
  - Scots: mige
  - English: midge
Old Frisian: *megge, *migge
- Saterland Frisian: Määge
- West Frisian: mich
Old Saxon: muggia, mugga
- Middle Low German: mügge
  - German Low German: Mügge, Mügg
  - → Old Norse: myg
    - Danish: myg
    - Swedish: mygga, mygg
    - Norwegian: mygg
Old Dutch: *mugga, muggo (in to-names)
- Middle Dutch: mugge
  - Dutch: mug
    - Afrikaans: muggie
Old High German: mugga, mukka, mucka
- Middle High German: mügge, mugge, mucke, mücke
  - German: Mücke
  - Hunsrik: Mick
  - Luxembourgish: Méck

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