Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA female sheep, as opposed to a ram.
From Middle English ewe, from Old English eowu, from Proto-West Germanic *awi, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”). Cognates See also Old English ēow (“sheep”), West Frisian ei, Dutch ooi, German Aue; also Old Irish oí, Latin ovis, Tocharian B ā(ᵤ)w, Lithuanian avi̇̀s (“ewe”), Russian овца́ (ovcá).
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- Inherited-form mentioneweenm
- Inherited-form mentioneowuang
- Inherited-form mention*awigmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*awizgem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*h₂ówisine-pro
- Cognate mentionēowang
- Cognate mentioneify
- Cognate mentionooinl
- Cognate mentionAuede
- Cognate mentionoísga
- Cognate mentionovisla
- Cognate mentionāᵤwtxb
- Cognate mentionavìslt
- Cognate mentionовца́ru
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