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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *īhwaz.
Noun
*īhu m
- yew tree
Inflection
| Masculine wa-stem
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Singular
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*īhu
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| Genitive
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*īhwas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*īhu
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*īhwō, *īhwōs
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| Accusative
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*īhu
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*īhwā
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| Genitive
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*īhwas
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*īhwō
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| Dative
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*īhwē
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*īhum
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| Instrumental
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*īhu
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*īhum
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Descendants
- Old English: īw, ēow, ēoh
- Old Saxon: īh, īch
- Old Dutch: *īwa
- Middle Dutch: ieve, ijf (possibly a reborrowing from Latin or Romance)
- Old High German: īwa, eiba, īgo, īga, īha f
- Middle High German: īwe, ībe
- Alemannic German: Iche, Ige
- Cimbrian: aiba
- German: Eibe
- Yiddish: אייבנבוים (eybnboym)
- → Late Latin: ivus, *iva
- Spanish: iva
- Old French: if
- Middle French: if
- Norman: if