iw

See also: iw- and i'w

Middle English

Noun

iw

Alternative form of ew

Old English

Alternative forms

ēow, ēoh, īƿ

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *īwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-weh₂-, 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 ива (iva, “willow”)), Latin ūva (“bunch of grapes”)).

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iːw/

Noun

īw m

yew (tree)

Declension

Declension of iw (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	īw	īwas
accusative	īw	īwas
genitive	īwes	īwa
dative	īwe	īwum

Descendants

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

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