Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maiwaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑi̯.wɑz/

Noun

*maiwaz m

gull, seagull

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension 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

Old English: mǣw, mēu, mēw, mēau, mēaw
- Middle English: mewe, mawe, mowe
  - Scots: maw (through confluence with Old Norse form)
  - English: mew
  - → Old French: mave, mauve
    - French: mauve
Old Frisian: meau, miue
- West Frisian: meau, miuw
Old Saxon: mēu
- Middle Low German: meve
  - German Low German: Meev, Mööv
  - German: Möwe
    - Luxembourgish: Méiw
Old Dutch: *meu, *meo
- Middle Dutch: meuwe, meuw, meeuwe
  - Dutch: meeuw
Old Norse: már, mór; diminutives: mási, *mák-
- Icelandic: már, mávur
- Faroese: máur, mávur, mási
- Norwegian: måke, måse
- Swedish: måk, måke, måka, mås, måse, måsa
- Danish: måge, moge, måg

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