Möwe
German (Berlin)
/ˈmøːvə/
noun
Definitions
- gull, seagull
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German mēwe derived from *maiw derived from Proto-Germanic *maiwaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*maiwaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- enmew English
- entermewer English
- inmew English
- mew English
- mewer English
- seamew English
- unmew English
- Bonaparte German
- Bonapartemöwe German
- Lachmöwe German
- Silber German
- Silbermöwe German
- lachen German
- mantelmeeuw Dutch, Flemish
- meeuw Dutch, Flemish
- witkopmeeuw Dutch, Flemish
- zeemeeuw Dutch, Flemish
- zilvermeeuw Dutch, Flemish
- måke Norwegian Bokmål
- måse Norwegian Bokmål
- *maihwaz Proto-Germanic
- *maihwaz, *maiwaz Proto-Germanic
- *maiwaz Proto-Germanic
- *maiwiz Proto-Germanic
- mewa Polish
- mewi Polish
- måke Norwegian Nynorsk
- måse Norwegian Nynorsk
- mæw Old English
- mǣw Old English
- mawe Middle English
- mewe Middle English
- mowe Middle English
- már Old Norse
- mási Old Norse
- mave Old French
- mevo Esperanto
- már Icelandic
- mávur Icelandic
- mewe Middle Dutch
- mêwe Middle Dutch
- meeu Afrikaans
- *maiw gmw-pro
- *mēo Old Dutch
- mēwe Middle Low German
- мева Ukrainian
- mēu Old Saxon