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Eibe.

yew (tree or shrub)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈaɪ̯bə/
  1. yew (tree or shrub)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German īwe, from Old High German īwa, from Proto-West Germanic *īwā, īhwā, *īhu, from Proto-Germanic *īwō, *īhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-. Cognate with dated Dutch ijf, English yew, Lithuanian ievà, Russian ива (iva). Middle High German postvocalic -w- was normally lost. It has been preserved in ewig, Löwe, and with secondary hardening to -b- in Eibe and Hieb.

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