sow
English
/saʊ/, /səʊ/, /soʊ/
noun
Definitions
- A female pig.
- A female bear, she-bear.
- A female guinea pig.
- A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.
- A mass of metal solidified in a mold.
- (derogatory) A contemptible, often fat woman.
- A sowbug.
- (military) A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, etc.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sowe inherited from Old English sugu inherited from Proto-Germanic *sugō inherited from Proto-Indo-European *suh₂kéh₂.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*suh₂kéh₂
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- back English
- bane English
- belly English
- besow English
- bug English
- foot English
- gelder English
- intersow English
- microswine English
- oversow English
- resow English
- sowable English
- sowback English
- sowbane English
- sowbelly English
- sowbug English
- sower English
- sowest English
- soweth English
- sowfoot English
- sowgelder English
- sowlike English
- swine English
- swinebread English
- swinecote English
- swineflesh English
- swineherder English
- swineherding English
- swinehood English
- swinehound English
- swinelike English
- swineling English
- swineman English
- swinepox English
- swinery English
- swinestone English
- swinesty English
- swineyard English
- swinish English
- undersow English
- unsowable English
- sūs Latin
- hyoscyamus Latin
- intestīnālis Latin
- Judensau German
- Mastsau German
- Sau German
- Saubär German
- Sauhaufen German
- Saukerl German
- Saustall German
- Schlampensau German
- Säer German
- Sämann German
- aussäen German
- säen German
- kelderzeug Dutch, Flemish
- zeug Dutch, Flemish
- jusquiame French
- сеять Russian
- ὑοσκύαμος Ancient Greek
- ὑφορβός Ancient Greek
- ὑόσερις Ancient Greek
- ὕαινα Ancient Greek
- ὗς Ancient Greek
- *suH- Proto-Indo-European
- *suH-on- Proto-Indo-European
- *suHkéh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *suh₂kéh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *sugō Proto-Germanic
- *sēaną Proto-Germanic
- hornsugga Swedish
- sugga Swedish
- ofersāwan Old English
- sugu Old English
- sūgu Old English
- सूकर Sanskrit
- besowen Middle English
- sowe Middle English
- swine Middle English
- *sě̀jati Proto-Slavic
- सूअरी Hindi
- สุกร Thai
- hil Welsh
- hiliaeth Welsh
- hwch Welsh
- soge Middle Dutch
- sāen Old High German
- hyointestinalis Translingual
- hyopneumoniae Translingual
- సూకరము Telugu
- sæjen Middle High German
- sū Middle High German
- Sau Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- séien Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- thi Albanian
- *soga Old Dutch
- *sukkos Proto-Celtic
- sūkara Pali
- *suH-, *suHkarás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- saian Old Saxon
- suga Old Saxon
- sågg Westrobothnian
- *suHkarás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- 𑀲𑀽𑀕𑀭 Sauraseni Prakrit
- Söög Low German
- *ćūs Proto-Albanian
- ਸੂਰ Panjabi, Punjabi
- *hil Proto-Brythonic
- ಸೂಕರ Kannada
- suwo Tocharian B
- ᱥᱩᱠᱨᱤ Santali
- bug
- foot
- bane
- back
- resow
- swine
- besow
- sower
- belly
- soweth
- gelder
- sowbug
- sowest
- sowbane
- sowlike
- sowback
- swinery
- sowable
- swinish
- oversow
- sowfoot
- undersow
- swinepox
- intersow
- swinesty
- swineman
- sowbelly
- unsowable
- swinelike
- swineling
- sowgelder
- swineyard
- swinehood
- swinecote
- swineflesh
- swinehound
- swinestone
- swinebread
- microswine
- swineherder
- swineherding