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Where does “þeowan” come from?

þeowan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic þeuhaną, from Proto-Indo-European tūk- — to beat.

þeowan (Old English): to press, impress, force; to urge, drive; to...

Definitions

  1. to press, impress, force; to urge, drive; to...

Ancestry of “þeowan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþeuhanąto press
2Proto-Indo-Europeantūk-to beat
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