Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mauwu

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mawwō (“muff, sleeve”), from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (“to move”); compare Latin moveō (“to move”).

Noun

*mauwu f

1. sleeve
2. pout, protruding lip

Declension

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mauwu
Genitive	*mauwā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mauwu	*mauwō
Accusative	*mauwā	*mauwā
Genitive	*mauwā	*mauwō
Dative	*mauwē	*mauwōm, *mauwum
Instrumental	*mauwu	*mauwōm, *mauwum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: mouwe, mowe
  • West Frisian: mouwe
• Old Saxon: *mouwa
  • Middle Low German: mouwe, mowe, mauwe, mawe
    • German Low German: Maue, Mau
• Old Dutch: *mouwa
  • Middle Dutch: mouwe, mauwe, muwe
    • Dutch: mouw
• Old High German: mouwa
  • Middle High German: mouwe
    • Central Franconian: Mau
• → Old French: mouwe, mowe, moue, moe (“a grimace”)
  • Middle French: moue, moe
    • French: moue
      • → English: moue
  • → Middle English: mowe, mouwe
    • English: mow
    • ⇒ Middle English: mowen (“to grimace”)
      • English: mow