Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁμίχλη ‎(homíkhlē), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃migʰleh₂ ‎(“mist, cloud”). Compare Albanian mjegull, Polish mgła, Latvian and Lithuanian migla ‎(“fog”). Compare also Armenian մեգ ‎(meg), Persian میغ ‎(meġ, “cloud, fog”), Hindi मेघ ‎(megha) from a related root.