Meow
来自Big Physics
Safin（讨论 | 贡献）2022年4月28日 (四) 13:23的版本 （建立内容为“Category:etymology == google == [https://www.google.com.hk/search?q=meow+etymology&newwindow=1&hl=en ref] early 17th century: imitative. == wiktionary == […”的新页面）
early 17th century: imitative.
wiktionary
From Middle English meuen, mewen (cf. third-person singular form mouwis); onomatopoeic, with some spellings modelled on French miaou. Meow and its spelling variants entered widespread currency in the 19th century; before then, mew was more common.
etymonline
meow (n.)
representation of cat sound, 1842, earlier miaow, miau, meaw (1630s). Of imitative origin, compare French miaou, German miauen, Persian maw, Japanese nya nya, Arabic nau-nau, and Joyce's mrkgnao. In Chinese, miau means "cat." As a verb in English by 1630s, meaw, also meawle. Compare Old French miauer "to meow, caterwaul." Related: Meowed; meowing.
