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Where does “drawende” come from?

drawende (Middle English) comes from Old English dragende, from Proto-Germanic dragandz, from Proto-Germanic draganą, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵ- — pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide.

Ancestry of “drawende”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdragende—
2Proto-Germanicdragandzdrawing
3Proto-Germanicdraganąto draw, to pull, to carry
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰreǵ-pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide

Words derived from “drawende”

  • drawing
  • drawings
  • underdrawing
  • indrawing
  • toothdrawing
  • subdrawing
  • drawinge
  • drauinge
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