Where does “adawen” come from?

adawen (Middle English) comes from Middle English dawen, from Old English dagian, from Proto-West Germanic dagēn, from Proto-Germanic dagāną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

adawen (Middle English): To dawn; to start brightening

Definitions

  1. To dawn; to start brightening

Ancestry of “adawen”, step by step

adawen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English dawen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishdawenTo dawn; to start brightening
2Old Englishdagianto dawn
3Proto-West Germanicdagēnto dawn, to become day
4Proto-Germanicdagānąto dawn, to become day
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

via Middle English dawe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdawe—
2Old Englishdāwejackdaw
3Proto-Germanicdēhǭjackdaw
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰākʷ-—

Words derived from “adawen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dagāną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dagēn →