ean

See also: -ean, Ean, EAN, ean̄, -eán, éan, and ἐάν

English

Etymology

From Middle English enen, from Old English ēanian (“to yean, bring forth young, bring forth lambs”), from Proto-West Germanic *aunōn, from Proto-Germanic *aunōną (“to bring forth lambs”).

An alternate etymology derives the Old English word from a corruption of Old English ēacnian (“to add, increase, be enlarged, be augmented, become pregnant, conceive, bring forth, produce”), from ēacen (“increased, augmented”), from ēaca (“an addition, increase, eeking”), from Proto-Germanic *aukô (“increase”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to increase”). More at eke.

Verb

ean (third-person singular simple present eans, present participle eaning, simple past and past participle eaned)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To bring forth young; to yean.

Anagrams

Northern Sami

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈea̯n/

Verb

ean

  1. first-person dual present of ii

Teop

Pronoun

ean

  1. you (second-person pronoun, nominative case, singular)

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