if

yew

Pronounced as (IPA)

/if/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: if

Inherited from Old French: if

Cognate with Breton: ivin

Cognate with Welsh: ywen

Cognate with Old Irish: eó

Cognate with English: yew

Cognate with Dutch: ijf

Cognate with German: Eibe

Cognate with Russian: ива

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.

Concepts

yew

Taxus

yew tree

yews

genus Taxus

English yew

yew-tree

Synonyms

if commun

bois d’if

If

Taxus

taxus

un if

Translations

Eibe

tasso

cis

tejo

teix

teixo

taxus

taxus

venijnboom

τάξος

porsukağacı

Taxus

ijf

Taxus

porsuk

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