ei
Middle English
/ɛi/
noun
Definitions
- An egg, especially of a chicken or other fowl.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ǣġ (egg) inherited from *aij inherited from Proto-Germanic *ajją (egg) inherited 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
- eyren English
- island English
- ovulum Latin
- ōva Latin
- ōvum Latin
- ei Dutch, Flemish
- τὰ ᾠά Ancient Greek
- *h₂ōwyóm Proto-Indo-European
- *ajją Proto-Germanic
- æg Old English
- ægwyrt Old English
- æġ Old English
- ǣġ Old English
- egg Old Norse
- *(j)aje Proto-Slavic
- *aje, ȃje, *(j)aje Proto-Slavic
- *ajьce Proto-Slavic
- ei Middle Dutch
- 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