Where does “soweth” come from?

Soweth comes from Middle English -th, Old English sāwan, Proto-Germanic -iþō, and Proto-Indo-European roots seh₁-, suH-, -tós, and sew-, ultimately deriving from the Proto-Indo-European root meaning to sow or scatter seeds.

soweth (English): Third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “soweth”, 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-eþThird person singular present indicative ending of class 1 weak verbs
4Proto-Germanic-þi—
5Proto-Indo-European-ti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ti →