ei
Middle Dutch
noun
Definitions
- egg
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch *ei inherited from *aij inherited from Proto-Germanic *ajją (egg) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (egg).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂ōwyóm
Gloss
egg
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
卵
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ey English
- ovulum Latin
- ōva Latin
- ōvum Latin
- Eierland Dutch, Flemish
- eeneiig Dutch, Flemish
- ei Dutch, Flemish
- eicel Dutch, Flemish
- eidooier Dutch, Flemish
- eierbal Dutch, Flemish
- eierdooier Dutch, Flemish
- eierkool Dutch, Flemish
- eiermuts Dutch, Flemish
- eierstok Dutch, Flemish
- eigeel Dutch, Flemish
- eisprong Dutch, Flemish
- eivol Dutch, Flemish
- eivorm Dutch, Flemish
- eivormig Dutch, Flemish
- eiwit Dutch, Flemish
- kalkoenenei Dutch, Flemish
- kievietsei Dutch, Flemish
- kievitsei Dutch, Flemish
- kippenei Dutch, Flemish
- luizenei Dutch, Flemish
- roerei Dutch, Flemish
- scharrelei Dutch, Flemish
- spiegelei Dutch, Flemish
- τὰ ᾠά Ancient Greek
- *h₂ōwyóm Proto-Indo-European
- *ajją Proto-Germanic
- æg Old English
- æġ Old English
- ǣġ Old English
- ei Middle English
- egg Old Norse
- *(j)aje Proto-Slavic
- *aje, ȃje, *(j)aje Proto-Slavic
- *ajьce Proto-Slavic
- ei Old High German
- ձու Old Armenian
- ve Albanian
- *aij gmw-pro
- *ei Old Dutch
- *āuyom Proto-Celtic
- *āwyom Proto-Celtic
- *Hāwyám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- ei Old Saxon
- *ōwom Proto-Italic
- *ei Old Frisian
- *ōyyón Proto-Hellenic
- ei Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish
- ada Crimean Gothic