Where does “mēu” come from?

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

Ancestry of “mēu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*maiwī—
2Proto-Germanicmaiwazgull, seagull
3Proto-Germanicmaiwijanąto shout, mew

Words derived from “mēu”

Every word from Proto-Germanic maiwijaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic maiwaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *maiwī →