midget
English
noun
Definitions
- (originally) A little sandfly.
- (loosely) Any small swarming insect similar to the mosquito; a midge.
- (sometimes offensive) A normally proportioned person with small stature, usually defined as reaching an adult height less than 4'10".
- (sometimes offensive) Any short person.
- (attributively) A small version of something; miniature.
Etymology
Derived from Old English mygg derived from Proto-Germanic *mugjō (midge, gnat, mosquito) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mu-, *mus-, *mew-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mu-, *mus-, *mew-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- crib English
- crib midget English
- midget-esque English
- midgetism English
- midgetlike English
- midgetly English
- midgetness English
- midgety English
- Fenstermücke German
- Gallmücke German
- Haarmücke German
- Mücke German
- Stechmücke German
- Trauermücke German
- Wintermücke German
- langpootmug Dutch, Flemish
- malariamug Dutch, Flemish
- mug Dutch, Flemish
- muggenbult Dutch, Flemish
- muggenziften Dutch, Flemish
- sneeuwmug Dutch, Flemish
- *mu Proto-Indo-European
- *mu-, *mus-, *mew- Proto-Indo-European
- *mū- Proto-Indo-European
- *mugjō Proto-Germanic
- mycg Old English
- mygg Old English
- mydge Middle English
- mý Old Norse
- mugge Middle Dutch
- mucka Old High German
- mug Afrikaans
- mich Western Frisian