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Where does “mucka” come from?

mucka (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German mucken, from Old Saxon mukkian, from Proto-Germanic mukkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mūg-.

mucka (Swedish): to object, to protest; to provoke somebody into...

Definitions

  1. to object, to protest; to provoke somebody into...

Ancestry of “mucka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanmuckento grouse, to grumble; to grumble, speak with...
2Old Saxonmukkianto low, bellow; mumble; to low, mumble
3Proto-Germanicmukkijaną—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmūg-—
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