doe
Εννοια (English)
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- A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).
- A female rabbit.
- A female hare.
- A female squirrel.
- A female kangaroo.
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Συχνότητα
Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/dəʊ/
Etymology (English)
In summary
From Middle English do, from Old English dā (“female deer”), from Proto-West Germanic *daijā, from Proto-Germanic *dajjǭ (“female deer, mother deer”), from Proto-Germanic *dajjaną (“to suckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck (milk), to suckle”). Cognate with Scots da, dae (“female deer”), Alemannic German tē (“doe”), Danish då (“deer, doe”), Sanskrit धेनु (dhenú, “cow, milk-cow”), Old English dēon (“to suckle”), Old English delu (“teat”). Related also to female, filial, fetus.
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