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
- An arrow; Anything felt to have a piercing...
Ancestry of “arow”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | arwe | arrow |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *arhu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | arhwō | arrow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂érkʷo- | bow, arrow |
Words derived from “arow”