FromMiddle High Germaneher, fromProto-West Germanic*ahaʀ. The development of the form may have been as follows: Middle High Germaneher was a neuter and yielded Luxembourgish*Éier or (with a linking sound)Éijer, Éiger, originally singular and plural. Some dialects then reconstrued this form as a feminine singular (as in GermanÄhre), others backformed a new singularÉi, Éich. Ultimately these last also became feminine and accordingly received the pluralÉien. Another dialectal variant isAcher, Aacher f with lack of umlaut and unusual-ch- from West Germanic-h- (possibly from a geminated*ahhaʀ; compareOld Englishæhher).
Éi f (pluralÉien)
- ear (of corn)
FromMiddle High Germanē, fromProto-West Germanic*aiw. Cognate withGermanEhe.
Éi f (pluralÉien)
- (archaic)marriage
- Synonym:Mariage
Éi (lower caseéi)
- (US)Aletter of the Tlingitalphabet, written in theLatin script.
- Synonym:Ê
- Canada:
- (Latin-script letters)A a,Á á,À à, â,Ch ch,Chʼ chʼ,D d,Dł dł,Dz dz,E e,É é,È è,Ê ê,G g,Gw gw,Gh gh,Ghw ghw,H h,I i,Í í,Ì ì,Î î,J j,K k,Kw kw,Kʼ kʼ,Kʼw kʼw,Kh kh,Khw khw,Khʼ khʼ,Khʼw khʼw (L l),Ł ł,Łʼ łʼ (M m),N n (O o),S s,Sʼ sʼ,Sh sh,T t,Tʼ tʼ,Tl tl,Tlʼ tlʼ,Ts ts,Tsʼ tsʼ,U u,Ú ú,Ù ù,Û û,W w,X x,Xw xw,Xʼ xʼ,Xʼw xʼw,Xh xh,Xhw xhw,Xhʼ xhʼ,Xhʼw xhʼw,Y y (Ÿ ÿ),․
- US:
- (Latin-script letters)A a,Á á,Aa aa,Áa áa,Ch ch,Chʼ chʼ,D d,Dl dl,Dz dz,E e,É é,Ee ee,Ée ée,Ei ei,Éi éi,G g,Gw gw,G̱ g̱,G̱w g̱w,H h,I i,Í í,J j,K k,Kw kw,Kʼ kʼ,Kʼw kʼw,Ḵ ḵ,Ḵw ḵw,Ḵʼ ḵʼ,Ḵʼw ḵʼw,L l,Lʼ lʼ (Ḻ ḻ,M m),N n (O o),Oo oo,Óo óo,S s,Sʼ sʼ,Sh sh,T t,Tʼ tʼ,Tl tl,Tlʼ tlʼ,Ts ts,Tsʼ tsʼ,U u,Ú ú,W w,X x,Xw xw,Xʼ xʼ,Xʼw xʼw,X̱ x̱,X̱w x̱w,X̱ʼ x̱ʼ,X̱ʼw x̱ʼw,Y y (Ÿ ÿ,Y̱ y̱),․
