mock

mock · noun, verb, adjective¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*mūg-
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*mukkijaną
3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*mokkijan
4. Middle Low German · derived frommucken“to grumble, talk with the mouth half-opened”
5. Middle Dutch · derived frommocken“to mumble”
6. Old French · derived frommocquer
7. Middle English · inherited frommokken
8. English todaymock

From Middle English mokken, from Old French mocquer, moquier (“to deride, jeer”), from Middle Dutch mocken (“to mumble”) or Middle Low German mucken (“to grumble, talk with the mouth half-opened”), both from Proto-West Germanic *mokkijan, *mukkijan (“to low, bellow; mumble”), from Proto-Germanic *mukkijaną, *mūhaną (“to low, bellow, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mūg-, *mūk- (“to low, mumble”). Cognate with Dutch mokken (“to sulk; pout; mope; grumble”), Old High German firmucken (“to be stupid”), Modern German mucksen (“to utter a word; mumble; grumble”), West Frisian mokke (“to mope; sulk; grumble”), Swedish mucka (“to murmur”), dialectal Dutch mokkel (“kiss”).

Mock · proper noun²

1. West Flemish · derived frommokke“fat child”
2. Middle Dutch · derived frommocke“wanton woman, slut”
3. Old English · derived frommuga“stack of hay”
4. English todayMock

* As an English surname, related to Old English muga (“stack of hay”), or alternatively from the verb mock. * As a German surname, spelling variant of Maag. Also from a derivative of the source of "heap" above; compare German Low German Muck. * As a Dutch surname, from Middle Dutch mocke (“wanton woman, slut”) and perhaps West Flemish mokke (“fat child”), also related to the sense of heap above.

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