出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2012/12/28 16:23 UTC 版)
Origin uncertain. Possibly an alteration of mammering; or a derivation from earlier unrecorded *mimmer, from Middle Dutch mimmeren, mīmeren ("to ponder"; > Modern Dutch mijmeren (“to ponder, muse”)); or perhaps representing a continuation of 古期英語 mymerian, mimorian (“to remember, commemorate”). See also mammer, mimmerkin.