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Words for yew (tree)<\/strong> (Taxus baccata<\/em>) in Celtic languages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n*eburos<\/strong> [d\u032a\u02e0a\u027e\u02b2] = yew (tree)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Celtiberian<\/th>\nebur-<\/strong> = yew (tree)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gaulish<\/th>\neburo-<\/strong> = yew (tree)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\nibar<\/strong> [d\u032a\u02e0a\u027e\u02b2] = yew (tree)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\ni\u00far<\/strong> [u\u02d0\u027e\u02e0] = yew (tree)
\niubhar<\/strong> [\u02c8ju.\u0259\u027e] = yew (tree)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\niubhar \/ i\u00f9bhar<\/strong> [ju.\u0259r] = yew (tree), bow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\neuar<\/strong> = yew (tree)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n*e\u03b2or<\/strong> = yew (tree)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\nefwr, ewr, ewur, evwr<\/strong> = hogweed, cow parsnip<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\nefwr<\/strong> [\u02c8\u025bv\u028ar \/ \u02c8e\u02d0v\u028ar] = cow parsnip, hogweed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\nevor<\/strong> = hogweed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Breton<\/th>\nheuor \/ euor<\/strong> = yew<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\nevor<\/strong> = alder buckthorn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Etymology<\/strong>: from the Proto-Indo-European *h\u2081eb\u02b0ros<\/em> (yew) [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n

Sources: Wiktionary<\/a>, Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, teanglann.ie<\/a>, On-Line Manx Dictionary<\/a>, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, Dictionnaire Favereau<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Words for yew (tree)<\/strong> in Celtic languages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n*iwos<\/strong> = yew (tree)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gaulish<\/th>\n*iwos<\/strong> = yew (tree)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\ne\u00f3<\/strong> [e\u02d0o\u032f] = stem, shaft, yew, tree<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\neo<\/strong> [o\u02d0\/\u0254\u02d0] = yew tree (literary<\/em>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\niodh<\/strong> [j\u0264\u0263] = yew tree<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n*\u0268w\u012b \/ *\u0268w\u0268n\u0101<\/strong> = yew (tree)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\nyw<\/strong> [\u0268\u031eu\u032f \/ \u026au\u032f] = yew (tree), yew-wood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Cornish<\/th>\nhiuin<\/strong> = yew (tree)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\newin<\/strong> = yew (tree)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\niwin \/ ivin<\/strong> = yew (tree)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Etymology<\/strong>: from the Proto-Indo-European *h\u2081eyHweh\u2082<\/em> (yew) [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n

Sources: Wiktionary<\/a>, Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, teanglann.ie<\/a>, On-Line Manx Dictionary<\/a>, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, Dictionnaire Favereau<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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