Where does “sāwan” come from?

sāwan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic sāan, from Proto-Germanic sēaną, from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- — to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

sāwan (Old English): to sow

Definitions

  1. to sow

Ancestry of “sāwan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsāanto sow
2Proto-Germanicsēanąto sow, to disperse
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

Words derived from “sāwan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sēaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sāan →