Where does “mávar” come from?

mávar (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic maiwaz, from Proto-Germanic maiwijaną — to shout, mew.

Ancestry of “mávar”, step by step

mávar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic maiwaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmaiwazgull, seagull
2Proto-Germanicmaiwijanąto shout, mew

via Proto-Germanic maihwaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmaihwazseagull
Every word from Proto-Germanic maiwijaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic maiwaz →