iw
iw
FromProto-Germanic*īwaz, fromProto-Indo-European*h₁eyHw-, a suffixed form of the base*h₁eyH-(“reddish, colourful”).
Cognate withOld High Germanīwa (GermanEibe),Middle Low Germanīwe,Dutchijf,Old Norseýr(“bow, yew”). The Indo-European root is perhaps also the source ofOld Irishibar (Irishiúr),Proto-Balto-Slavic*eiwas (Lithuanianievà),Proto-Slavic*jьva (Russianи́ва(íva,“willow”)),Latinūva(“bunch of grapes”)).
The West Germanic languages have a variant*īhwaz with a guttural consonant, represented byOld Englishēoh.
īw m
Stronga-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | īw | īwas |
| accusative | īw | īwas |
| genitive | īwes | īwa |
| dative | īwe | īwum |
iw f