mgła

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mьgla, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *miglāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃migʰleh₂ (“mist, cloud”), from the root *h₃meygʰ-.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian miglà (“mist, haze”), Latvian migla (“mist, haze”) and indirectly Old Prussian maiggun (“sleep”) (accusative singular).

Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud, gloomy weather”), Ancient Greek ὀμίχλη (omíkhlē, “mist, haze”), Albanian mjegull, Old Armenian մէգ (mēg, “mist”) and Armenian մգլել (mglel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɡwa/

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Noun

mgła f (diminutive mgiełka)

1. fog, mist, haze