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Where does “mǣdwe” come from?

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

Ancestry of “mǣdwe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmēdwōmeadow
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂meh₁-to mow, reap

Words derived from “mǣdwe”

  • meadow
  • meadowland
  • meadowlark
  • meadowy
  • meadowed
  • meadowlike
  • meadowfoam
  • meadowrue
  • meadowless
  • meadowhawk
  • meadowscape
  • meadowwort
  • medewe
  • medowe
  • medwe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂meh₁- →