doe

Meaning

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

Concepts

doe

female deer

hind

deer

roe

female

stag

bug

cervid

buck

hart

nanny

gazelle

female rabbit

bitch

dam

hen

she

jenny-

antelope

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dəʊ/

Etymology

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.