ijf

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch *îwe f (attested as uwe and ieve, the latter being a conflation with the unrelated word for “ivy”), from Old Dutch *īwa, from Proto-Germanic *īwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-. Cognate with German Eibe, English yew.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛi̯f/

Noun

ijf m (plural ijven, diminutive ijfje n)

1. (archaic, now dialectal) Synonym of taxus (“yew, Taxus baccata”)