houwen
Middle Dutch
verb
Definitions
- to chop, to hew
- to chop down, to fell
- to chop into pieces
- to slash
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch houwan inherited from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (hew, forge, cut).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hawwaną
Gloss
hew, forge, cut
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
- 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
- *hawwaną Proto-Germanic
- heawan Old English
- hēawan Old English
- hǫggva Old Norse
- houwan Old High German
- bihouwan Old Dutch
- houwan Old Dutch
- hauwan Old Saxon
- *hauwan Frankish
- hāwa Old Frisian