sow

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{{11}}sow (n.) O.E. sugu, su "female of the swine," from P.Gmc. *sugo (Cf. O.S., O.H.G. su, Ger. Sau, Du. zeug, O.N. syr), from PIE root *su- (Cf. Skt. sukarah "wild boar, swine;" Avestan hu "wild boar;" Gk. hys "swine;" L. sus "swine," swinus "pertaining to swine;" O.C.S. svinija "swine;" Lett. sivens "young pig;" Welsh hucc, Ir. suig "swine; O.Ir. socc "snout, plowshare"), possibly imitative of pig noise, a notion reinforced by the fact that Skt. sukharah means "maker of (the sound) 'su.' " Related to SWINE (Cf. swine). As a term of abuse for a woman, attested from c.1500.
{{12}}sow (v.) O.E. sawan "to scatter seed upon the ground or plant it in the earth" (class VII strong verb; past tense seow, pp. sawen), from P.Gmc. *sæjanan (Cf. O.N. sa, O.S. saian, M.Du. sayen, Du. zaaien, O.H.G. sawen, Ger. säen, Goth. saian), from PIE root *se- (Cf. L. sero, p.t. sevi, pp. satum "to sow;" O.C.S. sejo, sejati; Lith. seju, seti "to sow"), source of SEMEN (Cf. semen), SEASON (Cf. season) (n.), SEED (Cf. seed), etc. Figurative sense was in Old English.

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