Where does “mewa” come from?

mewa (Polish) comes 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.

mewa (Polish): seagull

Definitions

  1. seagull

Ancestry of “mewa”, step by step

mewa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German Möwe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMöwegull, seagull
2Middle Low Germanmêwe—
3Old Saxonmēu—
4Proto-Germanic*maiwī—
5Proto-Germanicmaiwazgull, seagull
6Proto-Germanicmaiwijanąto shout, mew

via Classical Persian میوَه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianمیوَه—
2Middle Persian𐭬𐭩𐭥𐭪fruit

via Classical Persian میوه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianمیوه—

Words derived from “mewa”

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