yean
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English *yenen, *ȝenen, eanen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *gaaunōną, *aunōną (“to yean, lamb”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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
yean (third-person singular simple present yeans, present participle yeaning, simple past and past participle yeaned)
- (transitive, archaic, of goats or sheep) To give birth to.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:yean.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “Etymology in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2008 October 27 (last accessed), archived from the original on 19 June 2010
- ^ Etymology in Merriam-Webster's Dictionary