Where does “mêwe” come from?

mêwe (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch mēo, from Proto-West Germanic *maiwī, from Proto-Germanic maiwaz, from Proto-Germanic maiwijaną — to shout, mew.

mêwe (Middle Dutch): seagull

Definitions

  1. seagull

Ancestry of “mêwe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchmēo—
2Proto-West Germanic*maiwīgull, seagull
3Proto-Germanicmaiwazgull, seagull
4Proto-Germanicmaiwijanąto shout, mew

Words derived from “mêwe”

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