mitch

mitch · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)mūg-
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*mūkijaną“to waylay, ambush, hide, rob”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*mūkijan
4. Old English · inherited from*mȳċan“to steal”
5. Middle English · inherited frommychen
6. English todaymitch

From Middle English mychen, müchen (“to rob, steal, pilfer”), from Old English *mȳċan (“to steal”), from Proto-West Germanic *mūkijan, from Proto-Germanic *mūkijaną (“to waylay, ambush, hide, rob”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mūg-, *(s)mewg- (“swindler, thief”). Cognate with Scots mich, myche (“to steal”), Saterland Frisian mogeln (“to act secretively and deceitfully”), Dutch mokkelen (“to flatter”), Alemannic German mauchen (“to nibble secretively”), German mogeln (“to cheat”), German meucheln (“to assassinate”), Norwegian i mugg (“in secret, secretly”), Latin muger (“cheater”). Related to mooch.

Mitch · proper noun²

Clipping of Mitchell.

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