Where does “þēowan” come from?

þēowan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic þewjaną, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

þēowan (Old English): to press

Definitions

  1. to press

Ancestry of “þēowan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþewjanąto enslave, oppress
2Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow

Words derived from “þēowan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þewjaną →