Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mauwu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

From Proto-Germanic *mawwō (“muff, sleeve”), from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (“to push away”).

*mauwu f

1. sleeve
2. pout, protruding lip

• Old Frisian: mouwe, mowe
  • West Frisian: mouwe
• Old Saxon: *mouwa
  • Middle Low German: mouwe, mowe, mauwe, mawe
    • German Low German: Maue, Mau
• Old Dutch: *mouwa
  • Middle Dutch: mouwe, mauwe, muwe
    • Dutch: mouw
• Old High German: mouwa
  • Middle High German: mouwe
    • Central Franconian: Mau
• → Old French: mouwe, mowe, moue, moe (“a grimace”)
  • Middle French: moue, moe
    • French: moue
      • → English: moue
  • → Middle English: mowe, mouwe
    • English: mow
    • ⇒ Middle English: mowen (“to grimace”)
      • English: mow