Etymograph

English

Mucker

Mucker comes from German Mucker ‘grumbler’, and goes back to mucken.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentmucken‘grumble’
  2. German, derivedc. 1650–presentMucker‘grumbler’
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentmucken‘grumble’
  2. German, derivedc. 1650–presentMucker‘grumbler’
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

noun A follower of the religious teachings of Johann Heinrich Schönherr (1770–1826) and Johann Wilhelm Ebel (1784–1861).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / German mucken / Mucker