Sows

See also: sows

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish Seys (attested in a personal name), from Old Cornish Zowz, from Proto-Brythonic *Sėɨs, borrowed from Latin Saxō (“Saxon”). Cognate with Breton Saoz and Welsh Sais.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔʊz/

Noun

Sows m (plural Sowson)

1. Englishman

Derived terms

• Pow Sows, Pow an Sowson (“England”)
• Sows- (“Anglo-”)
• Sowses (“Englishwoman”)
• Sowsneger, Sowsnegores (“English speaker”)
• sowsnek (“English”, adjective)
• Sowsnek (“English language”)
• sowsnekhe (“anglicise”, verb)