Where does “maoue” come from?

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

maoue (Norman): gull

Definitions

  1. gull

Ancestry of “maoue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmavegull; seagull
2Old Englishmæwgull, seagull
3Proto-Germanicmaiwiz—
4Proto-Germanicmaiwazgull, seagull
5Proto-Germanicmaiwijanąto shout, mew
Every word from Proto-Germanic maiwijaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic maiwaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic maiwiz →