English
shaft bow
From shaft + bow.
Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂p- ‘club, rod, shaft, staff’
Proto-Germanic *skaftaz
Proto-West Germanic *skaft
Old English sċeaft ‘shaft, pole’
Middle English chafte
English shaft
Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- ‘to bend’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰugʰ-
Proto-Germanic *bugô ‘bow (weapon)’
Old English boga ‘bow (weapon)’
Middle English bowe
English bow
Today it means
noun Part of a horse harness, an arch from shaft to shaft over the horse's shoulders.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / shaft bow