Where does “mewingly” come from?
mewingly (English) comes from English mewing, from English mew, from Middle English mewe, from Old English mǣw, from Proto-West Germanic *maiwī, from Proto-Germanic maiwaz, from Proto-Germanic maiwijaną — to shout, mew.
mewingly (English): With mewing sounds
Definitions
- With mewing sounds
Ancestry of “mewingly”, step by step
mewingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mewing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mewing | present participle of mew; The act of producing a... |
| 2 | English | mew | A gull, seagull; A prison, or other place of... |
| 3 | Middle English | mewe | seagull, gull; A cage used for allowing birds to... |
| 4 | Old English | mǣw | mew, seagull; seagull |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *maiwī | gull, seagull |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | maiwaz | gull, seagull |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | maiwijaną | to shout, mew |