ewe

Significado (English)

A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.

Conceptos

oveja

🐑

oveja madre

cordero

🐑

papanatas

Synonyms

sheep

🐑

female sheep

ram

🐏

lamb

🐑

giant sea catfish

full-grown female sheep

sheepy

ewes

scur

nanny goat

ovine

disbudding

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/juː/

Etimología (English)

Inherited from inglés medio: ewe

Inherited from inglés antiguo: eowu

Cognate with inglés antiguo: ēow

Cognate with frisón occidental: ei

Cognate with neerlandés: ooi

Cognate with alemán: Aue

Cognate with irlandés antiguo: oí

Cognate with latín: ovis

Cognate with Tokharian B: āᵤw

Cognate with lituano: avìs

Cognate with ruso: 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 avìs (“ewe”), Russian овца́ (ovcá).