eowu

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”)

Germanic cognates: Old Frisian ei, Old Saxon ewwi, Old High German ouwi (German Aue), Old Norse ær, Gothic 𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌸𐌹 (awēþi, “flock of sheep”).
Indo-European cognates: Luwian [script needed] (hawi-), Latin ovis, Ancient Greek ὄϊς (óïs), Old Church Slavonic овьца (ovĭca) (Russian овца (ovca)), Old Irish ói, Lithuanian avìs, Tocharian B [Term?] (ā(u)w).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeːo̯wu/

Noun

ēowu f

a ewe
Twahund eowena, and twentig rammena: 200 ewes and 20 rams. (Genesis 32:14)

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