Where does “mokkian” come from?

mokkian (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic mukkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mūg-.

mokkian (Old Saxon): to low, mumble

Definitions

  1. to low, mumble

Ancestry of “mokkian”, step by step

mokkian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic mukkijaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmukkijaną—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmūg-—

via Proto-Germanic mūhaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmūhanąto low, bellow, shout
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmūk-to low, mumble
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mūg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mukkijaną →