meeuw
Dutch (Brabantic)
/meːu̯/
noun
Definitions
- A seagull, seabird of the family Laridae.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch mêwe inherited from Old Dutch *mēo inherited from *maiw inherited 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
- Bonapartemöwe German
- Lachmöwe German
- Möwe German
- Möwe, Mewe German
- Silbermöwe German
- kop Dutch, Flemish
- mantel Dutch, Flemish
- mantelmeeuw Dutch, Flemish
- wit Dutch, Flemish
- witkopmeeuw Dutch, Flemish
- zee Dutch, Flemish
- zeemeeuw Dutch, Flemish
- zilver Dutch, Flemish
- zilvermeeuw Dutch, Flemish
- *maiwaz Proto-Germanic
- *maiwiz Proto-Germanic
- mewa Polish
- mæw Old English
- mǣw Old English
- mewe Middle English
- már Old Norse
- mási Old Norse
- mave Old French
- mevo Esperanto
- mewe Middle Dutch
- mêwe Middle Dutch
- meeu Afrikaans
- Méiw Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *maiw gmw-pro
- *mēo Old Dutch
- mēwe Middle Low German
- mēu Old Saxon