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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *maiwaz</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_maiwaz</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_maiwaz" type="noun" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maiwaz">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>maiwaz</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈmɑi̯.wɑz</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛗᚨᛁᚹᚨᛉ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>noun</pos>
            <gram type="gender">masculine</gram>
            <gram type="stem">a-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>gull, seagull</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">Probably of non-Indo-European substrate origin, as no certain cognates exist outside of Germanic, aside from French mauve (‘seagull’), which may or may not be ultimately borrowed from the Germanic. Or, of imitative origin.</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom">
              <orth>maiwaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom">
              <orth>maiwōz, maiwōs</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc">
              <orth>maiwą</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc">
              <orth>maiwanz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen">
              <orth>maiwas, maiwis</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen">
              <orth>maiwǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat">
              <orth>maiwai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat">
              <orth>maiwamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr">
              <orth>maiwō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr">
              <orth>maiwamiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #voc">
              <orth>maiw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #voc">
              <orth>maiwōz, maiwōs</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
          <re type="descendants">
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*maiwī</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>mǣw, mēu, mēw, mēau, mēaw</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>mewe, mawe, meau, mowe</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>mew</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>maw</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*maiwī</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>mǣw, mēu, mēw, mēau, mēaw</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>mewe, mawe, meau, mowe</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Old French</lang>
                        <orth>maoe, mave, mauve</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>French</lang>
                          <orth>mauve</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*maiwī</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>mǣw, mēu, mēw, mēau, mēaw</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>mewe, mawe, meau, mowe</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Old French</lang>
                        <orth>maoe, mave, mauve</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Old French</lang>
                          <orth>moette</orth>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>French</lang>
                            <orth>mouette</orth>
                          </form>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*maiwā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>mēu, mēh</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*maiwā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*mēwa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>mêwe, mêeuwe</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>meeuw</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Afrikaans</lang>
                          <orth>meeu</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*maiwā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>*mēwe</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>North Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>mö</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>meau, miuw</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*maiwā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>*mēwa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>mêwe, mêve</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Limburgish</lang>
                        <orth>mévas</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*maiwā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>*mēwa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>mêwe, mêve</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German Low German</lang>
                        <orth>Meew, Meev, Mööw, Mööv</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>German</lang>
                          <orth>Möwe</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                          <orth>Méiw</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Yiddish</lang>
                          <orth>מעווע (meve)</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*maihwā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>mēu, mēh</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*maihwā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*mēwa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>mêwe, mêeuwe</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>meeuw</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Afrikaans</lang>
                          <orth>meeu</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*maihwā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>*mēwe</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>North Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>mö</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>meau, miuw</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*maihwā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>*mēwa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>mêwe, mêve</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Limburgish</lang>
                        <orth>mévas</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*maihwā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>*mēwa</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>mêwe, mêve</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German Low German</lang>
                        <orth>Meew, Meev, Mööw, Mööv</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>German</lang>
                          <orth>Möwe</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                          <orth>Méiw</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Yiddish</lang>
                          <orth>מעווע (meve)</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>már</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Danish</lang>
                    <orth>måge, moge, måg</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>máur, mávur, mási</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>már, mávur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                    <orth>måke, måse</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>mås, måse, måsa, måk, måke, måka</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>már</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>meauca</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>mok</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                        <orth>mok</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>mór</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Danish</lang>
                    <orth>måge, moge, måg</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>máur, mávur, mási</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>már, mávur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                    <orth>måke, måse</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>mås, måse, måsa, måk, måke, måka</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>mór</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>meauca</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>mok</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                        <orth>mok</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <orth>; diminutives: mási</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Danish</lang>
                    <orth>måge, moge, måg</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>máur, mávur, mási</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>már, mávur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                    <orth>måke, måse</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>mås, måse, måsa, måk, måke, måka</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <orth>; diminutives: mási</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>meauca</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>mok</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                        <orth>mok</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <orth>; diminutives: *máki</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Danish</lang>
                    <orth>måge, moge, måg</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>máur, mávur, mási</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>már, mávur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                    <orth>måke, måse</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>mås, måse, måsa, måk, måke, måka</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <orth>; diminutives: *máki</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>meauca</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>mok</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                        <orth>mok</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
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