ean

== 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) (transitive, obsolete) To bring forth young; to yean. ==== Related terms ==== yean === Anagrams === ANE, -ane, NAE, NEA, ENA == Northern Sami == === Pronunciation === (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈea̯n/ === Verb === ean first-person dual present of ii == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /æ͜ɑːn/ === Noun === ēan (Late West Saxon) nominative/accusative plural of ēa == Teop == === Pronoun === ean you (second-person pronoun, nominative case, singular) ==== Further reading ==== https://corpus1.mpi.nl/media-archive/dobes_data/Teop/Info/Teop_Sketch_Grammar_May07.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20170516185153/http://www.ioling.org/booklets/iol-2012-indiv-sol.en.pdf