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sāwan, str.v: to sow (seed in a field); to sow (a field with seed); (figurative) to sow the seeds of anything, to originate, do an action which produces a result, implant. (SAH-wahn / ˈsaː-wan)

Medieval manuscript image of a man in a red hood carrying seeds in his apron and sowing them by hand in a freshly furrowed field.
Book of Hours; England, 13th century; Trinity College Cambridge, MS B.11.31, f. 10r. [mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk]