Midge Definition
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Origin of Midge
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From Middle English mydge, migge, from Old English mygg, mycg (“midge, gnat"), from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, *muwō (“midge"), from Proto-Indo-European *mÅ«- (“fly, midge"), *mu-, *mew-. Cognate with Scots mige (“midge"), West Frisian mich (“fly, mosquito"), Dutch mug (“midge, gnat, mosquito"), Low German mügge (“midge, gnat, mosquito"), German Mücke (“midge, gnat, mosquito"), Swedish mygg, mygga (“midge, gnat, mosquito"), Icelandic mý (“midge, gnat, fly"). The Proto-Indo-European root was also the source of Latin musca, Ancient Greek μυῖα (muia), Russian муха (múxa), Latvian muÅ¡a, Albanian mizë, Armenian Õ´Õ¸Ö‚Õ¶ (mun).
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Middle English from Old English mycg
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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