yew

(Englisch)

Frequenz

45k
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/juː/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English ew, from Old English īw, ēow, assumed to be from Proto-West Germanic *īhu, from Proto-Germanic *īhwaz (compare Icelandic ýr), masculine variant of *īwō (compare Dutch ijf, German Eibe), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-. See also Hittite 𒄑𒂊𒅀𒀭 (eyan, “type of evergreen”), Welsh yw (“yews”), Irish eo [both cognates of Old English īw, Old English ēow]; and Latgalian īva (“bird cherry”), Lithuanian ievà (“bird cherry”), Russian и́ва (íva, “willow”).

Europäische Eibe

Eibengewächse

Taxus

eibe

English yew

common yew

yew tree

Taxaceae

Pacific yew

english yew

european yew

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