muchier

Norman

Alternative forms

• muchi (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French muchier, mucier, mucer (“to skulk, hide, conceal”), from Frankish *mukkjan (“to hide, conceal oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *mukjaną, *mūkōną (“to hide, ambush”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mūg-, *(s)mewgʰ- (“swindler, thief”).

Verb

muchier

1. (Guernsey) to hide

Descendants

• → Sicilian: ammucciari, 'mmucciari (aphaeretic variant)