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Eibe
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German
de:
Etymology
From de gmh īwe, from de goh īwa, from de gmw-pro *īhu *īwā, īhwā, *īhu, from de gem-pro *īhwaz *īwō, *īhwaz, from de ine-pro *h₁eyHw-. Cognate with dated nl ijf, en yew, lt ievà, ru ива. Middle High German postvocalic -w- was normally lost. It has been preserved in de ewig, de Löwe, and with secondary hardening to -b- in de Eibe and de Hieb.
Pronunciation
de /ˈaɪ̯bə/
de De-Eibe.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f
yew tree or shrub
de Eibenbaum Bogenbaum Kantelbaum dated
Declension
f
Hypernyms
de Eibengewächs
de Nadelbaum
Hyponyms
de Steineibe
Derived terms
de eiben
de eibenartig
Related terms
de Eibenart Eibenast Eibenblatt Eibengift Eibenhecke Eibenholz Eibennadel Eibenstamm Eibenstrauch Eibenvergiftung Eibenwald Eibenzweig
Further reading
Lühr, Rosemarie. 2000. Die Gedichte des Skalden Egill. Dettelbach: J.H. Röll. p. 97.
de Conifers Trees