Old English · noun
iw
Normalised īw
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /iːw/
- Syllables
- iːw (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- yew
Meaning
-
yew (tree)
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *īwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-, a suffixed form of the base *h₁eyH- (“reddish, colourful”). Cognate with Old High German īwa (German Eibe), Middle Low German īwe, Dutch ijf, Old Norse ýr (“bow, yew”). The Indo-European root is perhaps also the source of Old Irish ibar (Irish iúr), Proto-Balto-Slavic *eiwas (Lithuanian ievà), Proto-Slavic *jьva (Russian и́ва (íva, “willow”)), Latin ūva (“bunch of grapes”)). The West Germanic languages have a variant *īhwaz with a guttural consonant, represented by Old English ēoh.
Descendants
yew
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