yew
Made from the wood of the yew treeMade from the wood of the yew tree.
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» The raven croaked from the old yew-tree.
Der Rabe krächzte aus der alten Eibe. — Yorwba
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1 senses(not comparable)Made from the wood of the yew tree.
eiben
ти́совыйtísovyj
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Origin
From Middle English ew, from Old English īw, ēow, [both cognates of Welsh yw (“yews”), IriFrom Middle English ew, from Old English īw, ēow, [both cognates of Welsh yw (“yews”), Irish eo, Old Irish eó respectively]; although the Old English form was conjectured to be from Proto-West Germanic *īhu, from Proto-Germanic *īhwaz (compare Icelandic ýr), masculine variant of *īwō (compare Dutch ijf, German Eibe), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-.
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