Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mauwu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

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

Noun

*mauwu f

sleeve
pout, protruding lip

Declension

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mauwu
Genitive	*mauwā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mauwu	*mauwō
Accusative	*mauwā	*mauwā
Genitive	*mauwā	*mauwō
Dative	*mauwē	*mauwōm
Instrumental	*mauwu	*mauwōm

Descendants

Old Dutch: *mouwa
- Middle Dutch: mouwe, mauwe, muwe
  - Dutch: mouw
Old High German: mouwa
- 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

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