Muckle
/ˈmʌk.əl/noun
A dialect word meaning large or great.
Did you know?Muckle is an old North English and Scots word for “great” or “large,” ultimately from the same ancient Germanic root as English *much* and *many*—a reminder that size, quantity, and power were once tied together in the language.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*meg-
“great, large”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*mikilaz
“large, great”
Old English
OE
mycel
“great, large, much”
Old Norse
ON
mikill
“great, large”
Middle English / Scots
ME/Scots
mukil, mukle
“great, large; much”
Modern English
English
muckle
“large; great”