Where does “mew” come from?
Mew comes from Middle English mewe, from Middle French moue, from Latin mutare meaning "to change," ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European mew-.
mew (English): A gull, seagull; A prison, or other place of...
Definitions
- A gull, seagull; A prison, or other place of...
Ancestry of “mew”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | mewe | seagull, gull; A cage used for allowing birds to... |
| 2 | Old English | mǣw | mew, seagull; seagull |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *maiwī | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | maiwaz | gull, seagull |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | maiwijaną | to shout, mew |