ean
English
Etymology
From Middle English enen, from Old English ēanian (“to yean, bring forth young, bring forth lambs”), from Proto-Germanic *aunōną (“to bring forth lambs”).
An alternate etymology derives the Old English word from a corruption of Old English ēacnian (“to add, increase, be enlarged, be augmented, become pregnant, conceive, bring forth, produce”), from ēacen (“increased, augmented”), from ēaca (“an addition, increase, eeking”), from Proto-Germanic *aukô (“increase”), from Proto-Indo-European *aweg-, *awek- (“to increase”). More at eke.
Verb
ean (third-person singular simple present eans, present participle eaning, simple past and past participle eaned)
- (transitive, obsolete) To bring forth young; to yean.
Related terms
Teop
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