Where does “clawe” come from?

clawe (Middle English) comes from Old English clawu, from Proto-West Germanic *klawu, from Proto-Germanic klawō, from Proto-Germanic klawjaną, from Proto-Indo-European glew-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- — to swallow; swallow.

clawe (Middle English): A claw; a horny nail on the feet of certain...

Definitions

  1. A claw; a horny nail on the feet of certain...

Ancestry of “clawe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishclawuclaw
2Proto-West Germanic*klawu
3Proto-Germanicklawōclaw
4Proto-Germanicklawjanąto claw or scratch
5Proto-Indo-Europeanglew-Alternative form of *gley-; to amass,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵel-to swallow; swallow

Words derived from “clawe

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵel-