mow
English
/məʊ/, /moʊ/, /məʊ/, /moʊ/, /maʊ̯/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To cut down grass or crops.
- (transitive) To cut down or slaughter in great numbers.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mowen (mow) inherited from Old English māwan (mow) inherited from Proto-Germanic *mēaną derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (mow, reap), *h₂meh₁- (mow, reap).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂meh₁-
Gloss
mow, reap
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aftermath English
- beforemath English
- bemow English
- burning English
- foremath English
- hay English
- haymow English
- lawn-mower English
- lawnmower English
- lawnmowing English
- math English
- mathcore English
- mathspeak English
- mathwise English
- mathy English
- may English
- meader English
- mowable English
- mowburning English
- mower English
- mowerless English
- mowest English
- moweth English
- mowing English
- mowyer English
- nonmath English
- remow English
- unmowable English
- demeto Latin
- metere Latin
- meto Latin
- metō Latin
- abmähen German
- mähen German
- niedermähen German
- maaien Dutch, Flemish
- maaier Dutch, Flemish
- *h₂meh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂met- Proto-Indo-European
- *mēaną Proto-Germanic
- *mēþą Proto-Germanic
- magan Old English
- mawan Old English
- māwan Old English
- math Middle English
- mowen Middle English
- mowynge Middle English
- matelieve Middle Dutch
- mâyen Middle Dutch
- māen Old High German
- meien Middle High German
- mæjen Middle High German
- méien Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *māien Old Dutch
- méenan Cimbrian