Oëve

See also: oevé

Limburgish

Etymology

The word did not exist in the dialect originally, so it must have entered the dialect through a neighbouring dialect. So, from either Limburgish ǫǫve or Central Franconian Ovve, both from Proto-West Germanic *ofn, from Proto-Germanic *ufnaz, north and West Germanic variant of *uhnaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔə̯.və/
• Rhymes: -ɔə̯və

Noun

Oëve m (plural Oëves or Öëve) (Eupen)

1. oven
2. stove
3. kiln

Synonyms

• Schtoëv (native and more common word)