Words that come from Proto-West Germanic “*maiwī”

62 words across 17 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic *maiwī — including mauve, mews, mew, mewing, meow, seamew, mauveine, mauvish.

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English (30)

Dutch (11)

Norman (4)

Middle English (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

French (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Greek (1)

Old French (1)

Old English (1)

Romanian (1)

Middle French (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Welsh (1)

Hijazi Arabic (1)

Egyptian Arabic (1)