ijf

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch *îwe f (attested as uwe and ieve, the latter being a conflation with the unrelated word for “ivy”), from Old Dutch *īwa, from Proto-Germanic *īwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-. Cognate with German Eibe, English yew.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ijf m (plural ijven, diminutive ijfje n)

  1. (archaic, now dialectal) Synonym of taxus (“yew, Taxus baccata”)
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