Where does “tamewal” come from?

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

tamewal (Pipil): weeding

Definitions

  1. weeding

Ancestry of “tamewal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishmewaseagull
2GermanMöwegull, seagull
3Middle Low Germanmêwe—
4Old Saxonmēu—
5Proto-Germanic*maiwī—
6Proto-Germanicmaiwazgull, seagull
7Proto-Germanicmaiwijanąto shout, mew
Every word from Proto-Germanic maiwijaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic maiwaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *maiwī →