- High
German mummer ("disguised person",
attested in
Johann Fischart) and
vermummen ("to wrap up, to disguise, to mask one's face"),
which itself is derived...
- puppt, vermumt, einhüllt" ["is that
which muffles (puppt) itself"] Note:
vermummen (occurring twice)
meant " hide one’s face,
disguise oneself" (not really...