eau
English
/juː/
proper noun
Definitions
- (Lincolnshire) Misspelling of Eau
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
- Eau English
- Ewell English
- ea English
- eau de Cologne English
- yeo English
- aqua Latin
- rumen Latin
- Aa Dutch, Flemish
- IJ Dutch, Flemish
- eau French
- Ока Russian
- *h₁éh₃(o)s Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ekʷeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *ahwō Proto-Germanic
- *awjō Proto-Germanic
- Andefera Old English
- eastream Old English
- ēa Old English
- ea Middle English
- ee Middle English
- æ Middle English
- Áróss Old Norse
- á Old Norse
- ǫ́ Old Norse
- wilt awa, wilt aha Old High German
- eaue, eau Middle French
- 𐌰𐍈𐌰 Gothic
- *ahu gmw-pro
- *auwju gmw-pro
- a Old Dutch
- ā Old Dutch
- aha Old Saxon
- *akʷā Proto-Italic