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See also: EOW
Middle English
Pronoun
eow
- (chiefly Early Middle English) alternative form of yow
Old English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
From Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz, from Proto-Germanic *izwiz (dative/accusative case of *jūz), from Proto-Indo-European *wes (compare also *yúHs, whence *jūz).
Cognate with Old Frisian ju (West Frisian jo), Old Saxon iu, ju (Low German jo, ju), Dutch u, Old High German iu (German euch), Old Norse yðr (Icelandic yður, Swedish er), Gothic 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 (izwis).
Pronoun
ēow
- accusative/dative of ġē: (to) you (plural)
Related terms
Descendants
- Middle English: yow, gow, ȝeu, ȝew, ȝou, ȝow, ȝouȝ, ȝo, yaw, yew, you, yw, æu, eo, eou, eow, eowe, eu, euwȝ, geau, geu, giu, ȝehw, ȝeow, ȝiu, heou, heu (Early Middle English), ȝuw (Ormulum), ȝaw, ȝewe, ȝiow, ȝowe, ȝw, yo, yoe, youe, yowe (Late Middle English), gu, ȝu (East Anglia), ȝhow, ȝhowe, ȝue, yhow, yu (chiefly Northern), ȝowȝ, yogh (Southern), hou, ou, ow, owe (chiefly West Midland)
Etymology 2
Natural exclamation
Interjection
ēow
Descendants
Etymology 3
Noun
ēow m
- alternative form of īw
Declension
Strong a-stem:
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