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mý.

midge, blackfly, midget, gnat

2 characters1 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈmiː]
  1. midge, blackfly, midget, gnat

    collective · neuter
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Norse mý, from Proto-Germanic *mugjǭ, *mują, from Proto-Indo-European *mu (“fly”), *mew-. Cognates with Norwegian mygg, Swedish mygga and mygg, Danish myg, Old English mycg (whence Middle English mygga, English midge); Old High German mucka (German Mücke (“mosquito”)); Latvian muša; Albanian mizë; Russian му́ха (múxa); Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa); Ukrainian му́ха (múxa); Bulgarian му́ха (múha); Lower Sorbian mucha, Polish mucha and Slovak mucha. Akin to Latin musca (“fly”). Compare the Dutch mug.

noun[ˈmiː]
  1. mu (Greek letter)

    neuter
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῦ (mû).

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