meusser

Champenois

Etymology

Inherited from Old French muchier, mucier, mucer (“to hide”), from Frankish *mukjan, *mukōn (“to hide, skulk”), from Proto-Germanic *mukjaną, *mukōną (“to hide, waylay, steal”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mūg- (“to rob, steal”). Cognate with French musser, Bourguignon meussai, Norman muchier and Walloon muchî.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mø.se/

Verb

meusser

1. (Troyen) to hide

References

• Jean Daunay, Parlers de Champagne, 1998
• Baudouin, Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux (Ville-sous-la-Ferté), 1887