mū-2, mus-

    mū-2, mus-

    English meaning: fly n.

    Deutsche Übersetzung: schallnachahmend for “Mũcke, Fliege”

    Material: Arm. mun, gen. mnoy “a mosquito, gnat “ (*mus- or *mu-no-); Alb. mũ-zë, mi-zë (zë Diminutivsuffix) “ mosquito “; Gk. μυῖα (*μυσι̯α) “fly”; Lat. musca; O.Ice. mȳ n. (*mūja-) “ mosquito “; Swe. mygg, mygga, O.E. mycg, O.S. muggia, O.H.G. mucka “ mosquito “ (*muki̯ǘ); with -s- gotländ. mausa (*mūsa), Flem. meuzie (*musī); Lith. muse ̃, O.Pruss. muso, Ltv. mũsa, muša “fly”; O.Bulg. mucha “fly” (*mousü), mъšica “ mosquito “.

    References: WP. II 311, WH. II 133, Trautmann 191, Specht IE Decl. 43.