Etymology

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Today it means: The fat surrounding the entrails of an animal; suet. Full definition →

Middle English myggerne ← Old English miċġerne ← Proto-West Germanic *midigarnī
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  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ǵʰerH-“intestine, entrails”
  2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*garnō“intestines, guts”
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*midigarnī“intestinal fat, visceral fat”
  4. Old English · inherited frommiċġerne“bellyfat, suet”
  5. Middle English · inherited frommyggerne
  6. English todaymidgen

From Middle English myggerne, mygerne, from Old English miċġerne (“bellyfat, suet”), from Proto-West Germanic *midigarnī (“intestinal fat, visceral fat”), derived from Proto-Germanic *garnō (“intestines, guts”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- (“intestine, entrails”).

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