Mauke

Signification (English)

1. mud fever (infection of horses′ lower limbs)
2. (colloquial) foot

Concepts

Mauke

Synonyms

Fuß

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Quadratlatsche

Käsemauke

Fesselekzem

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmaʊ̯kə/

Étymologie (English)

Borrowed from Middle Low German: mūke

Cognate with moyen haut-allemand: mūche

Cognate with moyen néerlandais: muyck

Cognate with néerlandais: muik

In summary

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”).
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.