Where does “drawen” come from?

drawen (Middle English) comes from Old English draġan, from Proto-West Germanic dragan, from Proto-Germanic draganą, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵ- — pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide.

drawen (Middle English): To pull, move or draw away; To draw, push, or...

Definitions

  1. To pull, move or draw away; To draw, push, or...

Ancestry of “drawen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdraġanto draw, drag
2Proto-West Germanicdraganto haul, to carry
3Proto-Germanicdraganąto draw, to pull, to carry
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰreǵ-pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide

Words derived from “drawen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic draganą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dragan →