Where does “sēowan” come from?

sēowan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic siwjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sīw- — to sew.

sēowan (Old English): to sew, mend, patch, knit together, link, unite

Definitions

  1. to sew, mend, patch, knit together, link, unite

Ancestry of “sēowan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsiwjanąto sew
2Proto-Indo-Europeansīw-to sew

Words derived from “sēowan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sīw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic siwjaną →