Where does “wowen” come from?

wowen (Middle English) comes from Old English wōgian, from Proto-Germanic wanhō, from Proto-Indo-European wonk-, from Proto-Indo-European wā- — to move , to move so as to bend, turn; to bend,...

Ancestry of “wowen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwōgianto woo, court, marry
2Proto-Germanicwanhōa bend, turn, corner, angle, curve, incline
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwonk-crooked, bent
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwā-to move , to move so as to bend, turn; to bend,...

Words derived from “wowen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wā- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wonk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wanhō →