yean

Meaning

To give birth to.

Synonyms

calve

bear

🐻

lamb

🐑

Translations

γεννώ

kuzulamak

🐑

oğlak

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *yenen

Inherited from Old English: *ġeēanian

Cognate with Old English: ġeēan

Cognate with Scots: yean

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: bejänne

Cognate with Western Frisian: antsje

Cognate with Dutch: onen

Cognate with Swedish: öna

Cognate with Ancient Greek: ἀμνός

Cognate with 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.