Where does “yean” come from?

Yean comes from Middle English yenen, from Old English ēanian, from Proto-Germanic ginōną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂egʷnós meaning "lamb" combined with the suffix -nós.

yean (English): To give birth to

Definitions

  1. To give birth to

Ancestry of “yean”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishyenento yawn
2Old Englishēanianto give birth (to lambs)
3Proto-West Germanicgaaunōnto lamb, yean
4Proto-Germanicaunōnąto lamb, yean
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂egʷnóslamb
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “yean”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂egʷnós →Every word from Proto-Germanic aunōną →
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