Where does “Mau” come from?

Mau is a word of uncertain origin, possibly derived through Egyptian mjw and Egyptian -w from Proto-Afroasiatic -u, though its original meaning remains unknown.

Mau (English): A kind of short-haired domestic cat

Definitions

  1. A kind of short-haired domestic cat

Ancestry of “Mau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptianmjwcat; tomcat; likeness
2Egyptian-wUsed to form the masculine plural forms of nouns...
3Proto-Afroasiatic-u—

Words derived from “Mau”

Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic -u →Every word from Egyptian -w →Every word from Egyptian mjw →