Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
The act of mowing (a garden, grass, etc.). · A shot played with a sweeping or scythe-like motion.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo cut down grass or crops. · To cut down or slaughter in great numbers.
From Middle English mowen (participle mowen), from Old English māwan (past tense mēow, past participle māwen), from Proto-West Germanic *māan, from Proto-Germanic *mēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (“to mow, reap”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian mjo (“to mow”), Dutch maaien (“to mow”), German mähen (“to mow”), Luxembourgish méien (“to mow”), Danish meje (“to mow”), Swedish meja (“to mow”); see also Hittite [script needed] (ḫamešḫa, “spring/early summer”, literally “mowing time”), Latin metō (“to harvest, mow”), Ancient Greek ἀμάω (amáō, “to mow”).
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*h₂meh₁-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionmowenenm
- Inherited-form mentionmāwanang
- Inherited-form mention*māangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*mēanągem-pro
- Derivation mention*h₂meh₁-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionmjostq
- Cognate mentionmaaiennl
- Cognate mentionmähende
- Cognate mentionméienlb
- Cognate mentionmejeda
- Cognate mentionmejasv
- Cognate mentionmetōla
- Cognate mentionἀμάωgrc
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