Where does “sowen” come from?

sowen (Middle English) comes from Old English sāwan, from Proto-West Germanic sāan, from Proto-Germanic sēaną, from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- — to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

sowen (Middle English): To sow seed, land with seed

Definitions

  1. To sow seed, land with seed

Ancestry of “sowen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsāwanto sow
2Proto-West Germanicsāanto sow
3Proto-Germanicsēanąto sow, to disperse
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

Words derived from “sowen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sēaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sāan →