Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mūk-

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*muk-, *mug-

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)mūg-, *(s)mugn-, *(s)mewgʰ- (“swindler, thief”). Cognate with Latin muger (“cheater”), Old Irish formúighte, formúchthae (“hidden”).

Verb

mūk-, muk-, mug-

to lie in ambush; skulk; hide; waylay
to steal; rob

Derived terms

*mūkārijaz, *mukārijaz
*mūkil-, *mugil-

Descendants

Old English: *myċċan
- Middle English: müchen, michen; müchere
  - Scots: mich, myche
  - English: miche, mitch; micher
Old Frisian: *mogelja
- Saterland Frisian: mogeln
Old Frankish: *mukōn; *mukjan
- → Old French: mucer; mucier, muchier
  - Middle French: musser
    - French: musser
    - Norman: muchi (Jèrriais), muchier (Guernésiais)
  - → Middle English: mouchen, moochen
    - English: mooch
- Walloon: muchi
Old High German: mūhhēn; mūhhon; mūhhāri; mūhhilāri; mūhhilswert
- Middle High German: mūchen; miuchel (in compounds); miucheler; mūcheler; mocken
  - German: meucheln; mogeln; maucheln (dialectal)
  - Alemannic: mauchen
  - → Dutch: mokkelen (to flatter)
Old Norse: *muggr
- Norwegian: mugg (dialectal)