Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA sheep (originally a ewe) in its second year, or from the time it is weaned until it is first shorn. · A doe in its second year. · A child's tooth.
First used to contemptuously refer to a woman, then later applied to a ewe in her second year. Possibly borrowed from Swedish tacka (“ewe”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Borrowed-form mentiontackasv · ewe
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
{
"templates": [
{
"name": "bor",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sv",
"3": "tacka",
"t": "ewe"
},
"expansion": "Swedish tacka (“ewe”)"
}
],
"links": [
[
"tacka",
"tacka#Swedish"
]
],
"references": [],
"descendants": [],
"lexical": [
{
"pos": "noun",
"glosses": [
"A sheep (originally a ewe) in its second year, or from the time it is weaned until it is first shorn.",
"A doe in its second year.",
"A child's tooth."
],
"tags": [
"UK",
"dated",
"dialectal"
],
"recordId": "f20e630c2ed383bbfa8943b7e73d800ab8558afa40eec3d6244140ea034b6857",
"rawRecordSha256": "236c2d6576d47dbf233bbe20c3ea557a38df7d489372ae51bfbce2e6438d8ba0",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 473964
}
],
"omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
"templates": 0,
"links": 0,
"references": 0,
"descendants": 0,
"lexicalRecords": 0,
"lexicalSenses": 0,
"glosses": 0
}
}