Where does “arow” come from?

arow (Middle English) comes from Old English arwe, from Proto-West Germanic *arhu, from Proto-Germanic arhwō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂érkʷo- — bow, arrow.

arow (Middle English): An arrow; Anything felt to have a piercing...

Definitions

  1. An arrow; Anything felt to have a piercing...

Ancestry of “arow”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englisharwearrow
2Proto-West Germanic*arhuarrow
3Proto-Germanicarhwōarrow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂érkʷo-bow, arrow

Words derived from “arow”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂érkʷo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic arhwō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *arhu →
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