clawan
Pronunciation: /ˈklɑ.wɑn/
“clawan” is an Old English word. Its meaning in English:
verb
Etymology
A modification of earlier *clīeġan by analogy with the noun clawu and other verbs in strong class VI with short -a- in the present, such as dragan, from Proto-West Germanic *klauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *klawjaną (“to claw, scratch”). Cognates Cognate with Old Dutch *clōien, *clouen; Middle Dutch clôyen, clooien, clouwen; Dutch klauwen (remodelled after the noun) klooien; Old Saxon *clawian;…
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