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, aside from French mauve (“seagull”), which may or may not be ultimately borrowed from the Germanic.[1] Or, of imitative origin.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑi̯.wɑz/

Noun

*maiwaz m[1]

  1. gull, seagull

Inflection

Declension 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
  • ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *maiwā, *maihwā
    • Old Frisian: *mēwe
      • North Frisian: mö (Söl'ring)
      • West Frisian: meau, miuw
    • Old Saxon: *mēwa
    • Old Dutch: *mēwa
    • >? Old High German: mēu, mēh (from a transcription originally written in Old English)
  • Old Norse: már, mór; diminutives: mási, *máki

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*maiwa- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 349f
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “mew”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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