ewe

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US /juː/ See IPA manual

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yew /juː/

Freq #35690

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noun
An adult female sheep.

Each ewe in the flock had given birth to a lamb that spring.

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From Middle English ewe, from Old English eowu, from Proto-West Germanic *awi, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”). Cognates See also Old English ēow (“sheep”), West Frisian ei, Dutch ooi, German Aue; also Old Irish oí, Latin ovis, Tocharian B ā(ᵤ)w, Lithuanian avi̇̀s (“ewe”), Russian овца́ (ovcá).

ewe Middle English eowu Old English *awi Proto-West Germanic *awiz Proto-Germanic *h₂ówis Proto-Indo-European

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# ewe

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /juː/
**Frequency rank:** 35690

## Meanings
1. An adult female sheep.

## Examples
- Each ewe in the flock had given birth to a lamb that spring.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ewe
- Root: eowu
- Root: *awi
- Root: *awiz
- Root: *h₂ówis

## Etymology
From Middle English ewe, from Old English eowu, from Proto-West Germanic *awi, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”). Cognates See also Old English ēow (“sheep”), West Frisian ei, Dutch ooi, German Aue; also Old Irish oí, Latin ovis, Tocharian B ā(ᵤ)w, Lithuanian avi̇̀s (“ewe”), Russian овца́ (ovcá).

## AI Etymology
Ewe is from Middle English ewe, from Old English eowu, from Proto-West Germanic *awi, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”). Cognates include See also Old English ēow (“sheep”), West Frisian ei, Dutch ooi, German Aue; also Old Irish oí, Latin ovis, Tocharian B ā(ᵤ)w, Lithuanian avi̇̀s (“ewe”), Russian овца́ (ovcá). In present-day use, it means an adult female sheep.

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