doe

Reikšmė (anglų kalba)

Noun

1. A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).
2. A female rabbit.
3. A female hare.
4. A female squirrel.
5. A female kangaroo.

Verb

Obsolete spelling of do.

Adv

though

Tariama kaip (IPA)

/dəʊ/

Etimologija (anglų kalba)

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.