midge

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From Middle English mydge, migge, from Old English mygg, myċġ (“midge, gnat”), from Proto-West Germanic *muggju, from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“fly, midge”), *mu-, *mew-. The dialectal sense of "short person" was originally figurative, and gave rise to midget (“short person”) via the diminutive suffix -et, which has since become part of standard English with that meaning; this has caused midge to undergo rebracketing as a clipping of midget. Cognates * Scots mige (“midge”) * Saterland Frisian Määge (“gnat, mosquito”) * West Frisian mich (“fly, mosquito”) * West Flemish meezje (“midge, mosquito”) * Dutch mug (“midge, gnat, mosquito”) * German Low German Mügge (“midge, gnat, mosquito”) * German Mücke (“midge, gnat, mosquito”) * Swedish mygg, mygga (“midge, gnat, mosquito”) * Icelandic mý (“midge, gnat, fly”) The Proto-Indo-European root was also the source of * Latin musca * Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa) * Russian му́ха (múxa) * Latvian muša * Czech muchnička * Albanian mizë * Armenian մուն (mun)

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: mushicë — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Albanian: harrje — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Armenian: մլակ (mlak) — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Azerbaijani: mız — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Azerbaijani: muz — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Chinese Mandarin: 摇蚊 (yáowén) — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Czech: pakomár — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Czech: pakomárec — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Danish: myg — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Dutch: mug — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Finnish: sääski — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• French: moucheron — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Galician: mosquito — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• German: Mücke — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Ingrian: moška — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Irish: míoltóg — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Italian: moscerino — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Japanese: ユスリカ (yusurika) — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Korean: 모기 (mogi) — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Latin: culex — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Latvian: miģele — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Low German: Mügg — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Manx: meeyl — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Manx: quill — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Māori: namupoto — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Māori: naonao — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Māori: nahonaho — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Māori: pōngarongaro — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Nandi: kipcharkarario — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Norman: bibet — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Norwegian: knott — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Norwegian: mygg — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Polish: kuczman — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Portuguese: mosquito — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Russian: мошка (moška) — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Scottish Gaelic: meanbh-chuileag — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Sicilian: muschitta — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Sicilian: sampagghiuni — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Spanish: jején — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Spanish: mosquito — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Swedish: mygg — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Ukrainian: мошка (moška) — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Ukrainian: мушка (muška) — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Vietnamese: ruồi nhuế — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae
• Welsh: gwybed — fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae