Where does “māwan” come from?

māwan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic mēaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₂meh₁- — to mow, reap.

māwan (Old English): to mow

Definitions

  1. to mow

Ancestry of “māwan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmēanąto mow, cut down
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂meh₁-to mow, reap

Words derived from “māwan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mēaną →