yean

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English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -iːn

Verb

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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “Etymology in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2008 October 27 (last accessed), archived from the original on 19 June 2010
  2. ^ Etymology in Merriam-Webster's Dictionary

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