Where does “bowbent” come from?

bowbent (English) comes from English bow, from Middle English bowe, from Old English boga, from Proto-West Germanic bogō, from Proto-Germanic bugô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰugʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewgʰ- — to bend; curve, arch.

bowbent (English): bent, like a bow

Definitions

  1. bent, like a bow

Ancestry of “bowbent”, step by step

bowbent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bow

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbowA weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other...
2Middle Englishbowebow; bowman
3Old Englishbogabow; arch
4Proto-West Germanicbogōarch, bow; bow
5Proto-Germanicbugôbow
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰugʰ-bow; arch
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewgʰ-to bend; curve, arch

via English bent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishbentsimple past tense and past participle of bend;...
2Middle Englishbent—
3Old Englishbeonotcoarse grass, bent grass
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewgʰ- →