Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something. · To indicate; to convey facts that lead to a conclusion. · To guide or escort; to show the way. · To bestow; to confer.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *skawwōną Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn Old English scēawian Middle English schewen English show From Middle English schewen, from Old English scēawian (“to look, look at, exhibit, display”), from Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn, from Proto-Germanic *skawwōną (“to look, see”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (“to heed, look, feel, take note of”); see haw, gaum, caveat, caution. Cognate with Scots shaw (“to show”), Dutch schouwen (“to inspect, view”), German schauen (“to see, behold”), Danish skue (“to behold”). Related to sheen. Wider cognates include Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos), Latin caveō whence English caution and caveat, Sanskrit कवि (kaví, “seer, prophet, bard”), Proto-Slavic *čuti (whence Russian чу́ять (čújatʹ) and many more).
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- Root classification mention*(s)kewh₁-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionschewenenm
- Inherited-form mentionscēawianang
- Inherited-form mention*skauwōngmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*skawwōnągem-pro · to look, see
- Derivation mention*(s)kewh₁-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionshawsco
- Cognate mentionschouwennl
- Cognate mentionschauende
- Cognate mentionskueda
- Cognate mentionκῦδοςgrc
- Cognate mentioncaveōla
- Cognate mentioncautionen
- Cognate mentionकविsa
- Cognate mention*čutisla-pro
- Cognate mentionчу́ятьru
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