yean

Significado (Inglés)

To give birth to.

Sinónimos

calve

bear

🐻

lamb

🐑

Traducións

γεννώ

kuzulamak

🐑

oğlak

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: *yenen

Herdado de Old English: *ġeēanian

Relativo a Old English: ġeēan

Relativo a escocés: yean

Relativo a Saterfriesisch: bejänne

Relativo a frisón occidental: antsje

Relativo a neerlandés: onen

Relativo a sueco: öna

Relativo a grego antigo: ἀμνός

Relativo a 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.