mikill
Old Norse
adj
Definitions
- great, tall of stature
- great, large, in bulk or size
- (of quantity) much
- prominent
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (great, many, much, large) derived from Proto-Indo-European *meǵa-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*meǵa-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mega- English
- megacryometeor English
- mickle English
- mickleness English
- μέγας Ancient Greek
- *kewk- Proto-Indo-European
- *meǵa- Proto-Indo-European
- *meǵh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *méga- Proto-Indo-European
- *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- *mikilaz Proto-Germanic
- Miklagård Swedish
- mycket Swedish
- 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
- Miklagarðr Old Norse
- garðr Old Norse
- gems Old Norse
- gemsmikill Old Norse
- hávaðamikill Old Norse
- hávaði Old Norse
- mikilleikr Old Norse
- mikinn Old Norse
- mykit Old Norse
- Miklagård Danish
- megen Danish
- fyrirferðarmikill Icelandic
- kjarkmikill Icelandic
- mikill Icelandic
- mikilmenni Icelandic
- mismikill Icelandic
- safamikill Icelandic
- umfangsmikill Icelandic
- víðáttumikill Icelandic
- vöðvamikill Icelandic
- ysmikill Icelandic
- mikil Faroese
- týdningarmikil Faroese
- valdmikil Faroese
- 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌱𐌰 Gothic
- 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌿𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹 Gothic
- 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 Gothic
- mikil Old Dutch
- mikil Old Saxon
- miku Old Saxon
- mykin Old Swedish
- mykjen Westrobothnian
- mickle Scots
- mikin Old Danish