mickle
English
/ˈmɪk(ə)l/, /ˈmɪkəl/
adj
Definitions
- (archaic) (Very) great or large.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mickle inherited from Old English miċel derived from Old Norse mikill (great, much, tall) inherited from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (great, many, much, large) derived from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (great, big, many, stout).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*méǵh₂s
Gloss
great, big, many, stout
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
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Kanji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mickleness English
- overmickle English
- Maius Latin
- ingens Latin
- magis Latin
- magister Latin
- maximus Latin
- μέγας Ancient Greek
- μεγάλος Ancient Greek
- ἀγαυός Ancient Greek
- *magya Proto-Indo-European
- *meǵa- Proto-Indo-European
- *meǵh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *méga- Proto-Indo-European
- *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- *méǵh₂yos Proto-Indo-European
- *mekō Proto-Germanic
- *mikilaz Proto-Germanic
- mykje Norwegian Nynorsk
- micel Old English
- micele Old English
- micellic Old English
- micellice Old English
- micelmod Old English
- micelnes Old English
- micelu Old English
- miċel Old English
- myċel Old English
- mickle Middle English
- mikelnes Middle English
- mochel what Middle English
- muchel Middle English
- Miklagarðr Old Norse
- gemsmikill Old Norse
- hávaðamikill Old Norse
- mikill Old Norse
- mikilleikr Old Norse
- mikinn Old Norse
- mykit Old Norse
- maistre Old French
- fyrirferðarmikill Icelandic
- kjarkmikill Icelandic
- mikill Icelandic
- mikilmenni Icelandic
- mismikill Icelandic
- safamikill Icelandic
- umfangsmikill Icelandic
- víðáttumikill Icelandic
- vöðvamikill Icelandic
- ysmikill Icelandic
- մեծ Old Armenian
- mikil Faroese
- 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 Gothic
- mikil Old Dutch
- *magalos Proto-Celtic
- *magos Proto-Celtic
- *magyo- Proto-Celtic
- *mogont-s Proto-Celtic
- *maȷ́ʰás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *maȷ́ʰā́ Proto-Indo-Iranian
- mikil Old Saxon
- miku Old Saxon
- mykin Old Swedish
- mykjen Westrobothnian
- mickle Scots
- mezin Northern Kurdish
- mikin Old Danish
- *megalos Proto-Hellenic
- 𐬨𐬀𐬰 Avestan
- magester Old Latin
- *mākā Proto-Tocharian