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Where does “draweth” come from?

Draweth comes from Middle English drawen, from Old English dragan, from Proto-Germanic draganą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵ-, meaning to draw or drag.

draweth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “draweth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-eth"goeth, "playeth; used to create ordinal numbers...
2Middle English-ethUsed to form the third-person singular present...
3Old English-eþ—
4Proto-Germanic-þi—
5Proto-Indo-European-ti—
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