yew

(Engels)

Noun

1. (countable) A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.
2. (broadly, countable) Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus.
3. (countable, uncountable) Other conifers resembling plants in genus Taxus:
4. (countable, uncountable) Other conifers resembling plants in genus Taxus:
5. (uncountable) The wood of the such trees.
6. (countable, uncountable) A bow for archery, made of yew wood.

Adj

Made from the wood of the yew tree.

Pron

Eye dialect spelling of you.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/juː/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: ew

Overgenomen van Oudengels: īw

Verwant aan IJslands: ýr

Verwant aan Nederlands: ijf

Verwant aan Duits: Eibe

Verwant aan Hettitisch:

Verwant aan Welsh: yw

Verwant aan Iers: sga

Verwant aan Oudengels: īw

Verwant aan Oudengels: ēow

Verwant aan Letgaals: īva

Verwant aan Litouws: ievà

Verwant aan Russisch: и́ва

In summary

From Middle English ew, from Old English īw, ēow, assumed to be from Proto-West Germanic *īhu, from Proto-Germanic *īhwaz (compare Icelandic ýr), masculine variant of *īwō (compare Dutch ijf, German Eibe), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-.
See also Hittite 𒄑𒂊𒅀𒀭 (eyan, “type of evergreen”), Welsh yw (“yews”), Irish eo [both cognates of Old English īw, Old English ēow]; and Latgalian īva (“bird cherry”), Lithuanian ievà (“bird cherry”), Russian и́ва (íva, “willow”).

Concepten

taxus

venijnboom

taxusboom

ijf

taxushout

Synoniemen

English yew

common yew

stylus

tree

🌳

yew tree

Taxaceae

Pacific yew

english yew

chisel

european yew

smilax

Vertalingen

Eibe

if

tejo

tasso

teix

cis

teixo

taxus

τάξος

if commun

cisowy

Taxus

Eibenholz

Taxus baccata

teixeda