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

1. 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