Maschile

if

Senso (Inglese)

yew

Concetti

Taxus

legno di tasso

àlbero della mòrte

sinonimi

if commun

bois d’if

If

Taxus

taxus

un if

Traduzioni

Frequenza

C1
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/if/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

Inherited from Middle French if, from Old French if, from northern Vulgar Latin *ivus (“yew tree”), from either Proto-Celtic *iwos or Proto-Germanic *īhwaz, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-. Cognate with Breton ivin, Welsh ywen, Old Irish eó (in Celtic), English yew, Dutch ijf, German Low German Iev, German Eibe (in Germanic), and further with Russian ива (iva) etc.

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