yean

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[1], Ancient Greek ἀμνός (amnós)[2], Old Irish úan (“lamb”)[1]. See also ean.

Verb[edit]

yean (third-person singular simple present yeans, present participle yeaning, simple past and past participle yeaned)

  1. (transitive, archaic, of goats or sheep) To give birth to.

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References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “Etymology in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎[1], accessed 27 October 2008, archived from the original on 2010-06-19
  2. ^ Etymology in Merriam-Webster's Dictionary

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