ei
Old High German
noun
Definitions
- (zoology) an egg
Etymology
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
- epoophoron English
- ovipositor English
- ovist English
- ovum English
- *ōvāre Latin
- epoophoron Latin
- oidium Latin
- ooecium Latin
- ovulum Latin
- ōidium Latin
- ōva Latin
- ōvum Latin
- 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
- ey German
- uovo Italian
- oölogie Dutch, Flemish
- huevo Spanish, Castilian
- ovo Spanish, Castilian
- τὰ ᾠά Ancient Greek
- ᾠοειδής Ancient Greek
- ᾠόν Ancient Greek
- ᾠώδης Ancient Greek
- *h₂ōwyóm Proto-Indo-European
- egg Norwegian Bokmål
- *agjō Proto-Germanic
- *ajją Proto-Germanic
- egg Swedish
- egg Norwegian Nynorsk
- æg Old English
- ægwyrt Old English
- æġ Old English
- ǣġ Old English
- egge Middle English
- ei Middle English
- egg Old Norse
- æg Danish
- *(j)aje Proto-Slavic
- *aje, ȃje, *(j)aje Proto-Slavic
- *ajьce Proto-Slavic
- oef Old French
- ou Catalan, Valencian
- egg Icelandic
- eggjarauða Icelandic
- eggjaskurn Icelandic
- eggjastokkur Icelandic
- eggjárn Icelandic
- eggleg Icelandic
- egglos Icelandic
- hænuegg Icelandic
- páskaegg Icelandic
- ou Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- -oolithus Translingual
- ձու Old Armenian
- ovo Ido
- ey Turkish
- egg Faroese
- ei Middle High German
- Ee Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Eegiel Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Eewäiss Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Eeërschuel Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Héngeree Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Ouschteree Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- zweeeeëg Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ve Albanian
- איי Yiddish
- *aij gmw-pro
- *ei Old Dutch
- ovo Old Portuguese
- *āuyom Proto-Celtic
- *āwyom Proto-Celtic
- *Hāwyám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- ei Old Saxon
- uòu Occitan
- æg Old Swedish
- aigg Westrobothnian
- *ōwom Proto-Italic
- iev Romansh
- ov Romansh
- öv Romansh
- güevu Asturian
- ovâ Friulian
- ûf Friulian
- *ei Old Frisian
- hueuo Old Spanish
- ovo Venetian
- óvo Venetian
- juf Dalmatian
- oi Mòcheno
- Oi Pennsylvania German
- Oidodder Pennsylvania German
- Oschderoi Pennsylvania German
- *ōyyón Proto-Hellenic
- öv Lombard
- ada Crimean Gothic