איי
Yiddish
noun
Definitions
- egg body housing an embryo
- (euphemistic) balls, testicles
Etymology
Derived from Old High German ei derived from Proto-Germanic *ajją (egg).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*ajją
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
- Ei German
- Eierkuchen German
- Eierkühlhaus German
- Eierlikör German
- Eierpflaume German
- Eiersalat German
- Eierschale German
- Eieruhr German
- Eihülle German
- Eischnee German
- Eiweiß German
- Kuckucksei German
- Rührei German
- Solei German
- Spiegelei German
- Tee-Ei German
- Weichei German
- eiern German
- eiförmig German
- *h₂ōwyóm Proto-Indo-European
- *ajją Proto-Germanic
- æġ Old English
- egg Old Norse
- ei Old High German
- ei Middle High German
- Ee Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *aij gmw-pro
- ei Old Saxon
- Oi Pennsylvania German
- ada Crimean Gothic