midge
English
/mɪdʒ/
noun
Definitions
- any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera
- (fishing) any bait or lure designed to resemble a midge
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mydge inherited from Old English mygg inherited from Proto-Germanic *mugjō (midge, gnat, mosquito) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (midge, fly, lips, muzzle).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mū-
Gloss
midge, fly, lips, muzzle
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Musca English
- ie English
- midget English
- midgey English
- midgie English
- mugwort English
- muscarine English
- muschetor English
- myiasis English
- wort English
- musca Latin
- muscarium Latin
- Fenstermücke German
- Gallmücke German
- Haarmücke German
- Mücke German
- Stechmücke German
- Trauermücke German
- Wintermücke German
- mosca Italian
- langpootmug Dutch, Flemish
- malariamug Dutch, Flemish
- mug Dutch, Flemish
- muggenbult Dutch, Flemish
- muggenziften Dutch, Flemish
- sneeuwmug Dutch, Flemish
- Мухосранск Russian
- му́ха Russian
- мушиный Russian
- мушка Russian
- mosquito Spanish, Castilian
- κυνόμυια Ancient Greek
- μυιοσόβος Ancient Greek
- μυῖα Ancient Greek
- *mu Proto-Indo-European
- *mu- Proto-Indo-European
- *mu-, *mus-, *mew- Proto-Indo-European
- *mus- Proto-Indo-European
- *mū- Proto-Indo-European
- *mūs- Proto-Indo-European
- mygg Norwegian Bokmål
- mosquito Portuguese
- *mud- Proto-Germanic
- *mugjō Proto-Germanic
- *mū- Proto-Germanic
- *mūlą Proto-Germanic
- mygga Swedish
- mygg Norwegian Nynorsk
- mycg Old English
- mygg Old English
- mugwort Middle English
- mydge Middle English
- mý Old Norse
- myg Danish
- mousche Old French
- musche Old French
- mý Icelandic
- mýbit Icelandic
- mýfluga Icelandic
- mýmargur Icelandic
- muscă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mugge Middle Dutch
- mucka Old High German
- mugga Old High German
- muoza Old High German
- mug Afrikaans
- Méck Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Méckefänkert Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- mizë Albanian
- mushkonjë Albanian
- musca Old Dutch
- mosca Old Portuguese
- muscã Aromanian
- mushconj Aromanian
- Mugge Alemannic German
- my Westrobothnian
- mostga Romansh
- muos-cha Romansh
- mustga Romansh
- mosca Asturian
- moscje Friulian
- mosca Old Occitan
- mich Western Frisian
- *megge Old Frisian
- mosca Old Spanish
- mósca Venetian
- Määge Saterland Frisian
- *mūjā Proto-Albanian
- muasca Dalmatian
- מושקה Ladino
- môche Bourguignon
- myg Old Danish
- moschetto roa-oit