yean

Betekenis (Engels)

To give birth to.

Sinonieme

calve

bear

🐻

lamb

🐑

Vertalings

γεννώ

kuzulamak

🐑

oğlak

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: *yenen

Geërf van Old English: *ġeēanian

Verwante met Old English: ġeēan

Verwante met Skots: yean

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: bejänne

Verwante met Fries: antsje

Verwante met Nederlands: onen

Verwante met Sweeds: öna

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: ἀμνός

Verwante met Old Irish: úan

In summary

From Middle English *yenen, ȝenen, eanen, from Old English *ġeēanian, ēanian (“to yean, bring forth young (usually lambs), bring forth as a ewe”) (for the prefixed form, compare Old English ġeēan, ġeēane (“yeaning”, adjective)), from Proto-West Germanic *gaaunōn, *aunōn (“to yean, lamb”), from *aunōną (“to yean, lamb”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (“lamb”).
Cognate with Scots yean (“to yean”), Saterland Frisian bejänne (“to produce; show signs of calving”), West Frisian antsje, eandsje, inje (“to yean”), Dutch onen (“to yean”), Swedish öna (“to yean”, dialectal). Akin also to Latin agnus, Ancient Greek ἀμνός (amnós), Old Irish úan (“lamb”). See also ean.