mauve
Norman
noun
Definitions
- (Jersey) seagull, herring gull
Etymology
Inherited from Old French mave (mew) derived from Old English mǣw (mew, seagull) derived from Old Norse már derived from Proto-Germanic *maihwaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*maihwaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- måke Norwegian Bokmål
- måse Norwegian Bokmål
- *maihwaz Proto-Germanic
- *maihwaz, *maiwaz Proto-Germanic
- *maiwaz Proto-Germanic
- måke Norwegian Nynorsk
- måse Norwegian Nynorsk
- mæw Old English
- mǣw Old English
- mawe Middle English
- mewe Middle English
- mowe Middle English
- már Old Norse
- mave Old French
- már Icelandic
- mávur Icelandic
- maûvette Norman