mimmer

mimmer · verb¹

1. Old English · inherited frommymerian
2. Middle Dutch · derived frommimmeren
3. English todaymimmer

Uncertain. Perhaps from an alteration of mammer; or from Middle Dutch mimmeren, mīmeren (“to ponder”); or from Old English mymerian, mimorian (“to keep in mind, remember”). See also mammer. Compare also Saterland Frisian miemerje (“to ponder sadly, think deeply”), Danish mimre and Norwegian mimre (“to reminisce”).

mimmer · noun²

Variation of mummer.

Words from the same roots