myg.
member of the suborder Nematocera (which includes mosquitos, midges, gnats and others)
Meaning & usage
member of the suborder Nematocera (which includes mosquitos, midges, gnats and others)
Where this word comes from
From Old Danish and Old Norse myg, either borrowed from Middle Low German mügge, from Old Saxon mugga, from Proto-West Germanic *muggjā, from Proto-Germanic *mugjǭ (“midge, small fly”); or, from Proto-Germanic *mują (“small fly”). See also with Norwegian, Swedish mygg, English midge, German Mücke. The West Nordic word, Old Norse mý, probably goes back to a different stem, *mują.
supple, lissom, pliant
docile, yielding, weak
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse mjúkr (“soft, meek”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål myk, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish mjuk. English meek is borrowed from Old Norse.
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