tohew

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*tehawwaną“to cut to pieces”
2. Old English · inherited fromtōhēawan“to hew in pieces, chop up”
3. Middle English · inherited fromtohewen
4. English todaytohew

From Middle English tohewen, from Old English tōhēawan (“to hew in pieces, chop up”), from Proto-Germanic *tehawwaną (“to cut to pieces”), equivalent to to- + hew. Cognate with Old Frisian tehawa, Middle Low German tohouwen, Dutch tehouwen, German zerhauen (“to chop up, hack”).