Where does “mauve” come from?

mauve (Middle French) comes from Old French mave, from Old English mæw, from Proto-Germanic maiwiz, from Proto-Germanic maiwaz, from Proto-Germanic maiwijaną — to shout, mew.

Ancestry of “mauve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmavegull; seagull
2Old Englishmæwgull, seagull
3Proto-Germanicmaiwiz—
4Proto-Germanicmaiwazgull, seagull
5Proto-Germanicmaiwijanąto shout, mew

Words derived from “mauve”

Every word from Proto-Germanic maiwijaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic maiwaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic maiwiz →
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