MAW - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Noun
informal terms for the mouth
Synonyms
Cakehole, Yap, Trap, Gob, Hole
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "maw" comes from Proto-Indo-European *mak-. It started in Proto-Germanic *magô. Then it appeared in Old English maga. Later, people used it in Middle English mawe. Many other languages have similar words:.
- West Frisian: mage
- Dutch: maag
- German Low German: Maag
- German: Magen
- Danish: mave
- Norwegian: mage
- Swedish: mage
- Welsh: megin
- Russian: мошна́
- Lithuanian: mãkas
🔗 Related Words
mother – A related word in the same word family.
mew – A related word in the same word family.
🧩 Fun Fact
Each civilization borrowed this word because they encountered the concept through cultural contact.