eeuw
Dutch (Brabantic)
/eːu̯/
noun
Definitions
- century, 100 years
- many years
- (by extension) a very long time, far too long, (an) eternity
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch êwe inherited from Old Dutch ēwa inherited from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (age, eternity, long time) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (vital energy, vital force, lifetime, long time, eternity, long life, vitality, life, eternal).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eyu-
Gloss
vital energy, vital force, lifetime, long time, eternity, long life, vitality, life, eternal
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
生
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aye English
- ayegreen English
- aeternus Latin
- aetātem Latin
- aevitās Latin
- aevum Latin
- eeuweling Dutch, Flemish
- eeuwelinge Dutch, Flemish
- eeuwfeest Dutch, Flemish
- eeuwig Dutch, Flemish
- eeuwigheid Dutch, Flemish
- eeuwjaar Dutch, Flemish
- eeuwwende Dutch, Flemish
- eeuwwisseling Dutch, Flemish
- feest Dutch, Flemish
- jaar Dutch, Flemish
- wende Dutch, Flemish
- wisseling Dutch, Flemish
- αἰεί Ancient Greek
- αἰών Ancient Greek
- *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eyu- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂yéws, *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European
- *aiwa Proto-Germanic
- *aiwaz Proto-Germanic
- a Old English
- aye Middle English
- aidhe Irish
- ey Old Norse
- ewe Middle Dutch
- êwe Middle Dutch
- êwich Middle Dutch
- io Old High German
- ēwa Old High German
- eeu Afrikaans
- ewig Afrikaans
- ewe Middle High German
- 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 Gothic
- *aiw gmw-pro
- io Old Dutch
- ēwa Old Dutch
- e Middle Low German
- *Háywas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- eo Old Saxon
- ēwig Old Saxon
- Ee Alemannic German
- *aiwo- Proto-Italic
- *aiwom Proto-Italic
- *aiwotāts Proto-Italic
- iuw Western Frisian
- *awi-mātusānj Proto-Albanian
- aiva Ingrian
- *aiweí Proto-Hellenic
- iew Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish