ewe

Betekenis (Engels)

A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.

Teenoorgestelde van

ram

Sinonieme

sheep

🐑

female sheep

ram

🐏

lamb

🐑

giant sea catfish

full-grown female sheep

sheepy

ewes

scur

nanny goat

ovine

disbudding

Vertalings

brebis

oveja

🐑

pecora

🐑

ovelha

ooi

ovella

🐑

Mutterschaf

προβατίνα

Aue

ovis

🐑

feda

Schaf

🐑

oelha

Zibbe

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/juː/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: ewe

Geërf van Old English: eowu

Verwante met Old English: ēow

Verwante met Fries: ei

Verwante met Nederlands: ooi

Verwante met Duits: Aue

Verwante met Old Irish: oí

Verwante met Latyn: ovis

Verwante met Tokharian B: āᵤw

Verwante met Litaus: avìs

Verwante met Russies: овца́

In summary

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).