Where does “meeuw” come from?

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

meeuw (Dutch): A seagull, seabird of the family Laridae

Definitions

  1. A seagull, seabird of the family Laridae

Ancestry of “meeuw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmêweseagull
2Old Dutchmēo
3Proto-West Germanic*maiwīgull, seagull
4Proto-Germanicmaiwazgull, seagull
5Proto-Germanicmaiwijanąto shout, mew

Words derived from “meeuw

Every word from Proto-Germanic maiwijaną
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