maw

Meaning

Noun

Origin

  • From Middle English mawe, maghe, maȝe, from Old English maga, from Proto-Germanic *magô, from Proto-Indo-European *mak-, *maks-.
  • Cognate with West Frisian mage, Dutch maag, German Low German Maag, German Magen, Danish mave,
  • Norwegian mage, Swedish mage, and also with Welsh megin, archaic Russian мошна́, Lithuanian mãkas.
  • By shortening of mother
  • See mew,
  • måke

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