Where does “clawu” come from?

clawu (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *klawu, from Proto-Germanic klawō, from Proto-Germanic klawjaną, from Proto-Indo-European glew-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- — to swallow; swallow.

clawu (Old English): claw

Definitions

  1. claw

Ancestry of “clawu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*klawu—
2Proto-Germanicklawōclaw
3Proto-Germanicklawjanąto claw or scratch
4Proto-Indo-Europeanglew-Alternative form of *gley-; to amass,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵel-to swallow; swallow

Words derived from “clawu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European glew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic klawjaną →