if

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

tejo

teix

teixo

taxus

taxus

venijnboom

τάξος

porsukağacı

Taxus

ijf

Taxus

porsuk

🦡

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.