mew
English
/mjuː/, /mju/
noun
Definitions
- (archaic) A gull, seagull.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mewe inherited from Old English mǣw (mew, seagull) inherited from Proto-Germanic *maihwaz, *maiwaz (seagull).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*maihwaz, *maiwaz
Gloss
seagull
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- enmew English
- entermewer English
- inmew English
- mewer English
- sea English
- seamew English
- unmew English
- Bonapartemöwe German
- Lachmöwe German
- Möwe German
- Silbermöwe German
- mauen German
- maunzen German
- mauzen German
- mantelmeeuw Dutch, Flemish
- meeuw Dutch, Flemish
- miauwen Dutch, Flemish
- witkopmeeuw Dutch, Flemish
- zeemeeuw Dutch, Flemish
- zilvermeeuw Dutch, Flemish
- *maihwaz, *maiwaz Proto-Germanic
- *maiwaz Proto-Germanic
- mewa Polish
- magan Old English
- mǣw Old English
- mawe Middle English
- mawen Middle English
- mewe Middle English
- mowe Middle English
- már Old Norse
- mave Old French
- mevo Esperanto
- mauwen Middle Dutch
- mêwe Middle Dutch
- meeu Afrikaans
- māwen Middle High German
- mēwe Middle Low German