Planted seeds in the ground so they would grow into plants or crops.
From Old English 'sawan,' related to Germanic roots and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European 'seH-' meaning to sow. The word has remained largely unchanged for over 1,000 years.
The phrase 'you reap what you sow' comes from actual farming—it's not just metaphorical! People literally couldn't survive without understanding that planting different seeds gives different harvests, so this ancient connection between action and consequence became deeply embedded in human wisdom.
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