Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maiwaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *maihwaz

Etymology

Probably of non-Indo-European substrate origin, as no certain cognates exist outside of Germanic. Or, of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑi̯.wɑz/

Noun

*maiwaz m

1. gull, seagull

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *maiwaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*maiwaz	*maiwōz, *maiwōs
vocative	*maiw	*maiwōz, *maiwōs
accusative	*maiwą	*maiwanz
genitive	*maiwas, *maiwis	*maiwǫ̂
dative	*maiwai	*maiwamaz
instrumental	*maiwō	*maiwamiz

Descendants

• ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *maiwī (diminutive)
  • Old English: mǣw, mēu, mēw, mēau, mēaw
    • Middle English: mewe, mawe, meau, mowe
      • English: mew (archaic)
      • Scots: maw (through confluence with Old Norse form)
      • → Old French: maoe, mave, mauve
        • French: mauve
        • Old French: moette
          • French: mouette
• ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *maiwā, *maihwā
  • Old Frisian: *mēwe
    • North Frisian: mö (Söl'ring)
    • West Frisian: meau, miuw
  • Old Saxon: *mēwa
    • Middle Low German: mêwe, mêve
      • German Low German: Meew, Meev, Mööw, Mööv
        • → German: Möwe
        • → Yiddish: מעווע (meve)
        • → Luxembourgish: Méiw
      • → Limburgish: mévas
  • Old Dutch: *mēwa
    • Middle Dutch: mewe, meeuwe
      • Dutch: meeuw
        • Afrikaans: meeu
  • >? Old High German: mēu, mēh (from a transcription originally written in Old English)
• Old Norse: már, mór; diminutives: mási, *máki
  • Icelandic: már, mávur
  • Faroese: máur, mávur, mási
  • Norwegian: måke, måse
  • Swedish: mås, måse, måsa, måk, måke, måka
  • Danish: måge, moge, måg
  • →? Middle Dutch: meauca
    • Dutch: mok
      • → West Frisian: mok