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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”

  • sewing
  • sue
  • sew
  • suer
  • suability
  • oversew
  • countersue
  • sueth
  • seweth
  • resew
  • unsew
  • sewest
  • sewability
  • suest
  • resue
  • sueable
  • sewable
  • outsew
  • sewist
  • re-sew
  • presew
  • unsewable
  • sowen
  • seowen
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