ea
English
/ˈiː/
noun
Definitions
- (dialectal) A river or watercourse.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ea inherited from Old English ēa (river, stream, running water, water, flowing water) inherited from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (river, waters, water, stream) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (water, flowing water).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂ekʷeh₂
Gloss
water, flowing water
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
水
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Aquarius English
- Eau English
- Ewell English
- aquafaba English
- aquamarine English
- aquapasto English
- aquatone English
- aqueous English
- aquiclude English
- aquifuge English
- eau English
- eddy English
- eddyline English
- yeo English
- *aquacea Latin
- Aquipendium Latin
- aqua Latin
- aqualis Latin
- aquamanile Latin
- aquamanīle Latin
- aquarius Latin
- aquaticus Latin
- aqueus Latin
- aquilentus Latin
- aquola Latin
- aquor Latin
- rumen Latin
- Aquamarin German
- Aquifer German
- acqua Italian
- acquarella Italian
- sciacquare Italian
- Aa Dutch, Flemish
- IJ Dutch, Flemish
- aiguail French
- Ока Russian
- *h₁éh₃(o)s Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ekʷeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- akvatisk Norwegian Bokmål
- å Norwegian Bokmål
- *ahwō Proto-Germanic
- *awjō Proto-Germanic
- Borgå Swedish
- Svartån Swedish
- Åbo Swedish
- å Swedish
- å andra sidan Swedish
- åtrå Swedish
- akvatisk Norwegian Nynorsk
- å Norwegian Nynorsk
- Andefera Old English
- eastream Old English
- ēa Old English
- aqua Middle English
- ea Middle English
- eddy Middle English
- ee Middle English
- æ Middle English
- Áróss Old Norse
- á Old Norse
- ǫ́ Old Norse
- aigue Old French
- egua, ewe, euwe, iaue Old French
- equa Old French
- euwe Old French
- ewe Old French
- iaue Old French
- yaue, ewe, euwe, egua Old French
- á Icelandic
- áminna Icelandic
- árós Icelandic
- caldas Galician
- apă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- wilt awa, wilt aha Old High German
- aquo Ido
- 𐌰𐍈𐌰 Gothic
- *ahu gmw-pro
- *auwju gmw-pro
- a Old Dutch
- ā Old Dutch
- agua Old Portuguese
- auga Old Portuguese
- aha Old Saxon
- apã Aromanian
- *akʷā Proto-Italic
- aua Romansh
- ava Romansh
- ova Romansh
- agua Asturian
- aghe Friulian
- aigua Old Occitan
- agua Old Spanish
- acqua Sicilian
- egua Ligurian
- ægoa Ligurian
- ægua Ligurian
- jacqua Dalmatian
- agu Kabuverdianu
- aga Ladin
- ega Ladin
- abba Sardinian
- acqua Neapolitan
- aqua Istriot
- acqua Corsican
- augua Aragonese
- auga Mirandese
- égoua Franco-Provençal
- acqua Lombard
- eva Piedmontese
- àqua Emilian
- âcua Emilian
- åpe Istro-Romanian
- apu Megleno-Romanian
- acva Romagnol
- áugua Extremaduran
- aive Poitevin-Saintongeais
- aoue Lorrain
- auve Lorrain
- iau Poitevin-Saintongeais
- ôve Lorrain