iw

Symbol

iw

1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 639-1 language code for Hebrew.

   Synonym: he (current)

Noun

iw

1. Alternative form of ew

Alternative forms

• ēow, ēoh

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *īwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-, a suffixed form of the base *h₁eyH- (“reddish, colourful”).

Cognate with Old High German īwa (German Eibe), Middle Low German īwe, Dutch ijf, Old Norse ýr (“bow, yew”). The Indo-European root is perhaps also the source of Old Irish ibar (Irish iúr), Proto-Balto-Slavic *eiwas (Lithuanian ievà), Proto-Slavic *jьva (Russian и́ва (íva, “willow”)), Latin ūva (“bunch of grapes”)).

The West Germanic languages have a variant *īhwaz with a guttural consonant, represented by Old English ēoh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːw/

Noun

īw m

1. yew (tree)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈif/

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• Rhymes: -if
• Syllabification: iw
• Homophone: Iw

Noun

iw f

1. genitive plural of iwa