Etymology

windrow

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Today it means: A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field. Full definition →

English row ← Middle English rewe ← Old English rǣw
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂weh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wḗh₁ti
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wéh₁n̥ts
  4. Proto-Germanic*windaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*wind
  6. Old Englishwind
  7. Middle Englishwynd
  8. Englishwind
  9. Proto-Indo-European*Hreyk-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*Hréykō
  11. Proto-Germanic*rīgǭ
  12. Proto-Germanic*raigwō
  13. Proto-Germanic*raiwō
  14. Proto-West Germanic*raiwu
  15. Old Englishrǣw
  16. Middle Englishrewe
  17. Englishrow
  18. English todaywindrow

From wind + row.

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