Where does “mås” come from?

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

mås (Swedish): any of several species of smaller gulls

Definitions

  1. any of several species of smaller gulls

Ancestry of “mås”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mås”

Every word from Proto-Germanic maiwijaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic maiwaz →Every word from Old Norse mási →