mygg

From Old Norse mý, from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, *mują, *muwō (“midge”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“fly, midge”), *mu-, *mew-. Compare Swedish mygga, Danish myg, Icelandic mý, English midge, West Frisian mich, Dutch mug, Low German mügge, German Mücke.

mygg m (definite singular myggen, indefinite plural mygg, definite plural myggene)

1. a mosquito (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood)

Mygg is the popular name for the mosquito, a more accurate name is stikkemygg. The mygg family (see Wikipedia above) comprises far more than mosquitoes.

• “mygg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

mygg m (definite singular myggen, indefinite plural myggar, definite plural myggane)

1. a mosquito (as above)

Mygg is the popular name for the mosquito, a more accurate name is stikkemygg. The mygg family (see Wikipedia above) comprises far more than mosquitoes.

• “mygg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

See mygga.

mygg n (plurale tantum)

1. mosquitoes (collective noun for small flying insects of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood); an individual mosquito is called a mygga)