mý

• IPA^(key): /miː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophone: mí

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.

mý n (genitive singular mýs, nominative plural mý)

1. (collective) midge, blackfly, midget, gnat

• mýbit
• mýfluga
• mýmargur
• Mývatn

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῦ (mû).

mý n (genitive singular mýs, nominative plural mý)

1. mu (Greek letter)