Reconstruction:Old High German/muff

This Old High German entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *muff (“grimace, frown; mold”), from the imitative Proto-Indo-European *mū-, see also Latin mugio (“to moo”), English muzzle, mutter.[1]

Noun

*muff

  1. (Lombardic) mould

Descendants

  • → Italian: muffa

References

  1. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 844
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