Middle English word hewen comes from Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂-, Proto-Indo-European *kowə-, Proto-Indo-European *kowH-, and later Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (To chop, to hew. To forge.)

Detailed word origin of hewen

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
*kewh₂-	Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*kowə-	Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*kowH-	Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*hawwaną	Proto-Germanic (gem-pro)	To chop, to hew. To forge.
hēawan	Old English (ang)
heawan	Old English (ang)	To chop, hew, hash, fell wood.. To strike, smite, slash, cut.
hewen	Middle English (enm)

Words with the same origin as hewen