French mouette

← Old English mǣw (mention)

← English mauvis (mention)

← English mew (link)

← Middle French mouette (mention)

← Old French moette (mention)

← Old French maoe (mention)

← Old French mave (mention)

← Old French mauve (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *maiwaz (mention)

→ French mauve (mention)

→ French mauve (link)

→ French mouette rieuse (compound)