Where does “Möwe” come from?

Möwe (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.

Möwe (German): gull, seagull

Definitions

  1. gull, seagull

Ancestry of “Möwe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanmêwe—
2Old Saxonmēu—
3Proto-Germanic*maiwī—
4Proto-Germanicmaiwazgull, seagull
5Proto-Germanicmaiwijanąto shout, mew

Words derived from “Möwe”

Every word from Proto-Germanic maiwijaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic maiwaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *maiwī →