köken: Originally from a dialect south of the Loire, from Vulgar Latin *muttius (compare Occitan mos), of Gaulish origin, or alternatively from Latin mutilus (compare Italian mozzo).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med-der. Proto-Germanic *mōtaną Proto-West Germanic *mōtan Old High German muozanbor. Old Czech musitibor. Old Polish musieć Polish musiećdeverb. Polish mus Deverbal from musieć.