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

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: mêwe, mêeuwe
  - Dutch: meeuw
    - Afrikaans: meeu
>? Old High German: mēu, mēh (from a transcription originally written in Old English)