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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mawwō (“muff, sleeve”), from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (“to move”);[1] compare Latin moveō (“to move”).

Noun

*mauwu f

  1. sleeve
  2. 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, *mauwum
Instrumental *mauwu *mauwōm, *mauwum

Descendants

  • Old Frisian: mouwe, mowe
  • Old Saxon: *mouwa
  • Old Dutch: *mouwa
  • Old High German: mouwa
    • Middle High German: mouwe
      • Central Franconian: Mau
  • → Old French: moe (“grimace”), moue, mouwe, mowe, mouze

References

  1. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2024) “Een mooi paar mouwen: The etymology of Dutch mooi ‘beautiful’ and mouw ‘sleeve’”, in Investigating West Germanic Languages: Studies in Germanic Linguistics, volume 8, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 69–78
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