sowe
Middle English
/ˈsuː(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A female pig protruding long tooth
- A siege engine used to protect assailants.
- (rare) A sowbug; a woodlouse.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English sūgu inherited from Proto-Germanic *sugō derived from Latin sūs.
Origin
Latin
sūs
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- besow English
- intersow English
- oversow English
- resow English
- sow 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
- undersow English
- sūs Latin
- *suHkéh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *suh₂kéh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *sugō Proto-Germanic
- sugga Swedish
- sugu Old English
- sūgu Old English
- *soga Old Dutch
- suga Old Saxon
- sågg Westrobothnian