Where does “mæw” come from?

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

mæw (Old English): gull, seagull

Definitions

  1. gull, seagull

Ancestry of “mæw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmaiwiz—
2Proto-Germanicmaiwazgull, seagull
3Proto-Germanicmaiwijanąto shout, mew

Words derived from “mæw”

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