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German
Etymology
15th century, from Middle Low German mūke, from Proto-West Germanic *mūku. Of unknown further origin; perhaps from Proto-Germanic *mūkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mewg- (“slimy, slippery”).[1][2]
Cognate with Middle High German mūche (whence dialectal German Mauche) and Middle Dutch muyck (whence Dutch muik, now usually mok). The -au- in Mauke either through conflation with the inherited form or simply through artificial adaptation to the Standard German vowel system. Also cognate slightly farther to English muck and meek.
Pronunciation
Noun
Mauke f (genitive Mauke, plural Mauken)
- mud fever (infection of horses′ lower limbs)
- (colloquial, regional, chiefly plural, derogatory) foot
Nimm deine Mauken vom Tisch!- Get your feet off the table!
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References
- “Mauke” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Mauke” in Duden online
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Mauke”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “744-45”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 744-45