Where does “alow” come from?

Alow comes from English low and English and, combined with the prefix ad- from Latin ad, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European h₂epo meaning away or off.

alow (English): Low down; Towards the lower part of a vessel;...

Definitions

  1. Low down; Towards the lower part of a vessel;...

Ancestry of “alow”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishalowelow or lower down, below; downward
2Middle EnglishA—
3Middle EnglishII (first-person singular subject pronoun)
4Old EnglishiċI
5Proto-West GermanicikI
6Proto-Germanic*ek—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ek →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ik →