ewe

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.

Συνώνυμα

sheep

🐑

female sheep

ram

🐏

lamb

🐑

giant sea catfish

full-grown female sheep

sheepy

ewes

scur

nanny goat

ovine

disbudding

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/juː/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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 avìs (“ewe”), Russian овца́ (ovcá).