Where does “mokkery” come from?

mokkery (Middle English) comes from Middle French mocquerie, from Middle French mocquer, from Old French moquer, from Middle Dutch mocken, from Proto-Germanic mukkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mūg-.

Ancestry of “mokkery”, step by step

mokkery traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French mocquerie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmocqueriemockery; ridicule
2Middle Frenchmocquerto mock; to make fun of
3Old Frenchmoquerto mock; to make fun of
4Middle Dutchmockento mumble
5Proto-Germanicmukkijaną—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmūg-—

via Anglo-Norman mokerie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanmokerie—

via Old French mokery

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmokery—

Words derived from “mokkery”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mūg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mukkijaną →Every word from Middle Dutch mocken →