Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/maiwā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms

• *maihwā

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Germanic *mai(h)waz.

Noun

*maiwā f

1. seagull

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*maiwā
Genitive	*maiwōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*maiwā	*maiwōn
Accusative	*maiwōn	*maiwōn
Genitive	*maiwōn	*maiwōnō
Dative	*maiwōn	*maiwōm, *maiwum
Instrumental	*maiwōn	*maiwōm, *maiwum

Related terms

• *maiwī

Descendants

• 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)