midge

Meaning

Noun

• 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
• any bait or lure designed to resemble a midge

Origin

• From Middle English mydge, migge, from Old English mygg, myċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *muggju, from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, from Proto-Indo-European *mū-, *mu-, *mew-.
• Scots mige
• Saterland Frisian Määge
• West Frisian mich
• West Flemish meezje
• Dutch mug
• German Low German Mügge
• German Mücke
• Swedish mygg, mygga
• Icelandic mý
• The Proto-Indo-European root was also the source of
• Latin musca
• Ancient Greek μυῖα
• Russian му́ха
• Latvian muša
• Czech muchnička
• Albanian mizë
• Armenian մուն