Where does “yew” come from?

Yew comes from Middle English ew, Old English ēow, Proto-Germanic īhwaz, and Proto-Indo-European h₁eyHweh₂, ultimately descending from Proto-Indo-European túh₂.

yew (English): A species of coniferous tree, "Taxus baccata",...

Definitions

  1. A species of coniferous tree, "Taxus baccata",...

Ancestry of “yew”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishewyew; yew wood
2Old Englishīwyew (tree)
3Proto-Germanicīwazyew
4Proto-Germanicīwōyew
5Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyHw-yew

Words derived from “yew”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic īwō →Every word from Proto-Germanic īwaz →