Where does “*mukkjan” come from?

*mukkjan (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic mukjaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mūg- — swindler, thief; to rob, steal.

Ancestry of “*mukkjan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmukjaną
2Proto-Indo-European(s)mūg-swindler, thief; to rob, steal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mūg-Every word from Proto-Germanic mukjaną