Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mugjō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *mu- (from earlier *muwī, continuing Proto-Indo-European *muH-íh₂, *muH-iéh₂-s-, the short u a result of Dybo's law) +‎ *-gjō (diminutive suffix). The western Germanic variants underwent a different velarization than *mują, though both are from the same ultimate source.[1] Cognates include Latin musca (“fly (insect)”), Lithuanian mùsė (“fly”), Proto-Slavic *mùxa (“fly”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmuɣ.jɔː/

Noun

*mugjō f[3](West Germanic)

  1. little fly, midge, mosquito

Inflection

Declension of *mugjō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *mugjō *mugjôz
vocative *mugjō *mugjôz
accusative *mugjǭ *mugjōz
genitive *mugjōz *mugjǫ̂
dative *mugjōi *mugjōmaz
instrumental *mugjō *mugjōmiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “muwī-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 380
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*musī-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 379
  3. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*muʒjō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 275
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