heawan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to strike, smite, slash, cut
- to chop, hew, hash, fell wood
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (hew, forge, cut) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- (hew, forge, strike, beat, hit).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kewh₂-
Gloss
hew, forge, strike, beat, hit
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bildhauer German
- Eisenhauer German
- Hauer German
- abhauen German
- aushauen German
- behauen German
- hauen German
- hinhauen German
- raushauen German
- reinhauen German
- umhauen German
- verhauen German
- weghauen German
- zerhauen German
- afhouwen Dutch, Flemish
- beeldhouwen Dutch, Flemish
- beenhouwer Dutch, Flemish
- houwdegen Dutch, Flemish
- houwen Dutch, Flemish
- houwer Dutch, Flemish
- steenhouwer Dutch, Flemish
- uithouwen Dutch, Flemish
- vleeshouwer Dutch, Flemish
- *kewh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *kowH- Proto-Indo-European
- *kowh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- hogge Norwegian Bokmål
- *hawwaną Proto-Germanic
- *hawwą Proto-Germanic
- halshugga Swedish
- hugga Swedish
- späckhuggare Swedish
- hogga Norwegian Nynorsk
- *haccian Old English
- hogg Old English
- hēawan Old English
- haggen Middle English
- hagis Middle English
- banahǫgg Old Norse
- hǫggva Old Norse
- kylfuhǫgg Old Norse
- hugge Danish
- *kovàti Proto-Slavic
- höggva Icelandic
- houwen Middle Dutch
- houwan Old High German
- høgga Faroese
- houwen Middle High German
- bihouwan Old Dutch
- houwan Old Dutch
- ahauwan Old Saxon
- bihauwan Old Saxon
- hauwan Old Saxon
- hugga Old Swedish
- haagg Westrobothnian
- *kūdō Proto-Italic
- *hauwan Frankish
- hāwa Old Frisian
- kaut- Tocharian B