Where does “meeu” come from?

meeu (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch meeuw, from Middle Dutch mêwe, from Old Dutch mēo, from Proto-West Germanic *maiwī, from Proto-Germanic maiwaz, from Proto-Germanic maiwijaną — to shout, mew.

meeu (Afrikaans): gull

Definitions

  1. gull

Ancestry of “meeu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchmeeuwA seagull, seabird of the family Laridae
2Middle Dutchmêweseagull
3Old Dutchmēo—
4Proto-West Germanic*maiwīgull, seagull
5Proto-Germanicmaiwazgull, seagull
6Proto-Germanicmaiwijanąto shout, mew
Every word from Proto-Germanic maiwijaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic maiwaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *maiwī →