Where does “mêwe” come from?

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

Ancestry of “mêwe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonmēu—
2Proto-Germanic*maiwī—
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-Germanic *maiwī →
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