English

grandmaw

From grand- + maw.

Formed from grand- + maw

Middle English

Proto-Indo-European *mak-

Proto-Germanic *magô ‘belly’

Proto-West Germanic *magō ‘stomach’

Old English maga ‘stomach’

Middle English mawe ‘the stomach or guts of an organism’

English maw

Today it means

noun grandmother

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / grandmaw