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See also: iw-, i'w, Iw, and I.W.

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iw

  1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 639-1 language code for Hebrew.
    Synonym: he (current)

Middle English

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Noun

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iw

  1. Alternative form of ew

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *īwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-, a suffixed form of the base *h₁eyH- (reddish, colourful).

Cognate with Old High German īwa (German Eibe), Middle Low German īwe, Dutch ijf, Old Norse ýr (bow, yew). The Indo-European root is perhaps also the source of Old Irish ibar (Irish iúr), Proto-Balto-Slavic *eiwas (Lithuanian ievà), Proto-Slavic *jьva (Russian и́ва (íva, willow)), Latin ūva (bunch of grapes)).

The West Germanic languages have a variant *īhwaz with a guttural consonant, represented by Old English ēoh.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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īw m

  1. yew (tree)

Declension

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Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative īw īwas
accusative īw īwas
genitive īwes īwa
dative īwe īwum

Descendants

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  • Middle English: ew, u, iw, iv, eev, hw, ewe
    • English: yew
    • Scots: yew, ewe
    • Yola: yew

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈif/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -if
  • Syllabification: iw
  • Homophone: Iw

Noun

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iw f

  1. genitive plural of iwa