Where does “Meev” come from?

Meev (German Low German) comes from Middle Low German mêwe, from Old Saxon mēu, from Proto-Germanic *maiwī, from Proto-Germanic maiwaz, from Proto-Germanic maiwijaną — to shout, mew.

Meev (German Low German): seagull, gull

Definitions

  1. seagull, gull

Ancestry of “Meev”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanmêwe—
2Old Saxonmēu—
3Proto-Germanic*maiwī—
4Proto-Germanicmaiwazgull, seagull
5Proto-Germanicmaiwijanąto shout, mew
Every word from Proto-Germanic maiwijaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic maiwaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *maiwī →
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