English owe

← Old English āgan (inherited)

← English own (mention)

← English ought (mention)

← Middle English owen (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *aiganą (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *aigan (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂óyḱe (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- (mention)

→ English own (mention)

→ English ought (suffix)

→ English ower (suffix)

→ English owest (suffix)

→ English oweth (suffix)

→ Danish eje (cognate)

→ Norwegian Bokmål eie (cognate)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk skulde (link)