Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used). · A female fallow deer. · A female rabbit or hare. · A female squirrel.
From Middle English do (“(female) fallow deer”), from Old English dā, from Proto-West Germanic *daihā (“female deer, mother deer”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck (milk), to suckle”). Cognate with Middle Scots da, dae (“female fallow deer”), Danish då (“fallow deer”), Sanskrit धेनु (dhenú, “cow, milk-cow”), Old English dēon (“to suckle”), Old English delu (“teat”). Related also to female, filial, fetus.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*dʰeh₁(y)-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentiondoenm · (female) fallow deer
- Inherited-form mentiondāang
- Inherited-form mention*daihāgmw-pro · female deer, mother deer
- Derivation mention*dʰeh₁(y)-ine-pro · to suck (milk), to suckle
- Cognate mentiondagmw-msc
- Cognate mentiondåda
- Cognate mentionधेनुsa
- Cognate mentiondēonang
- Cognate mentiondeluang
This page abbreviates 1 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
{
"templates": [
{
"name": "root",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*dʰeh₁(y)-"
},
"expansion": ""
},
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "do",
"id": "doe",
"t": "(female) fallow deer"
},
"expansion": "Middle English do (“(female) fallow deer”)"
},
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "dā"
},
"expansion": "Old English dā"
},
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*daihā",
"t": "female deer, mother deer"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *daihā (“female deer, mother deer”)"
},
{
"name": "der",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*dʰeh₁(y)-",
"t": "to suck (milk), to suckle"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck (milk), to suckle”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "gmw-msc",
"2": "da"
},
"expansion": "Middle Scots da"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "då",
"3": "",
"4": "fallow deer"
},
"expansion": "Danish då (“fallow deer”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "धेनु",
"3": "",
"4": "cow, milk-cow",
"tr": "dhenú"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit धेनु (dhenú, “cow, milk-cow”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "dēon",
"3": "",
"4": "to suckle"
},
"expansion": "Old English dēon (“to suckle”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "delu",
"3": "",
"4": "teat"
},
"expansion": "Old English delu (“teat”)"
}
],
"links": [
[
"do",
"do#Middle_English:_doe"
],
[
"dā",
"da#Old_English"
],
[
"*daihā",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/daihā"
],
[
"*dʰeh₁(y)-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰeh₁(y)-"
],
[
"da",
"da#Middle_Scots"
],
[
"dae",
"dae#Middle_Scots"
],
[
"då",
"då#Danish"
],
[
"धेनु",
"धेनु#Sanskrit"
],
[
"dēon",
"deon#Old_English"
],
[
"delu",
"delu#Old_English"
],
[
"female",
"female"
],
[
"filial",
"filial"
],
[
"fetus",
"fetus"
]
],
"references": [],
"descendants": [],
"lexical": [
{
"pos": "noun",
"glosses": [
"A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).",
"A female fallow deer.",
"A female rabbit or hare.",
"A female squirrel."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable",
"specifically"
],
"recordId": "74efe646f565d6f119dfd4f38fd563fb000f914966dcf8cbad65f3396a4bb25c",
"rawRecordSha256": "40cc8ee741f3da7ef4a96b9e1abd6be11ca67512a79d195fbd5f566847a7acb4",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 167484
}
],
"omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
"templates": 0,
"links": 0,
"references": 0,
"descendants": 0,
"lexicalRecords": 0,
"lexicalSenses": 1,
"glosses": 0
}
}