bowen
Middle English
/ˈbuːwən/
verb
Definitions
- To bow, kneel
- To submit, be obedient,
- To fall, lie
- (figurative) To end, disappear
- To bend, curve, cause to bend
- To turn, move, come, go
Etymology
Inherited from Old English būgan (bend, bow) inherited from Proto-Germanic *beuganą.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*beuganą
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bucksome English
- buxom English
- *bʰewgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰūgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *beuganą Proto-Germanic
- *būhsum Old English
- *ǵebūhsum Old English
- abugan Old English
- bebugan Old English
- bugan Old English
- būgan Old English
- būgan, bugan Old English
- forbugan Old English
- frambugan Old English
- gebugan Old English
- oferbugan Old English
- onbugan Old English
- underbugan Old English
- buhsum Middle English
- buxum Middle English
- ibucsum Middle English
- biogan Old High German
- 𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- bugan Old Saxon