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myg.

member of the suborder Nematocera (which includes mosquitos, midges, gnats and others)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/myɡ/[ˈmyɡ̊]
  1. member of the suborder Nematocera (which includes mosquitos, midges, gnats and others)

    common-gender
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.

adj/myː/[ˈmyːˀ]
  1. supple, lissom, pliant

    uncommon
  2. docile, yielding, weak

    figuratively
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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