Language | Reflex(es) | Gloss | Grammar | Sources |
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Celtic |
Old Irish | og | egg | n | CDC LRC |
Irish | ugh | egg | n | CDC LRC |
Gaelic | ubh | egg | n | CDC LRC |
Welsh | wy | egg | n | CDC LRC |
English |
Old English | æ(i)g | egg | n.neut | ASD LRC |
Middle English | cokeney | lit. cock's egg | n | W7 LRC |
Middle English | egge, ey(e) | egg | n | CDC LRC |
English | caviar | roe of sturgeon/large fish | n | AHD LRC |
English | cockney | spoiled child; milksop, effiminate male | n | AHD W7 LRC |
English | egg | hard-shelled reproductive body | n | AHD W7 LRC |
English | o(o)- | egg, ovum | pfx | AHD W7 LRC |
English | oolemma | thick solid membrane around mammalian ovum | n | AHD LRC |
English | oval | egg-shaped | adj | AHD W7 LRC |
English | ovary | female reproductive organ | n | AHD W7 LRC |
English | ovate | oval | adj | AHD LRC |
English | ov(i)- | egg, ovum | pfx | AHD LRC |
English | ovolo | rounded convex molding | n | AHD W7 LRC |
English | ovule | outgrowth of ovary of seed plant | n | AHD W7 LRC |
English | ovum | egg, macrogamete, female gamete | n | AHD W7 LRC |
West Germanic |
Dutch | ei | egg | n | CDC LRC |
Middle Low German | ei(g) | egg | n | CDC LRC |
Old High German | ei | egg | n.neut | ASD LRC |
Middle High German | ei | egg | n.neut | ASD LRC |
German | Ei | egg | n.neut | ASD LRC |
North Germanic |
Old Norse | egg | egg | n.neut | LRC |
Danish | æg | egg | n.neut | CDC LRC |
Swedish | ägg | egg | n.neut | ASD LRC |
East Germanic |
Gothic | *addjis | egg | n | CDC LRC |
Crimean Gothic | ada | egg | n | CDC LRC |
Italic |
Latin | ōvum, ōvī | egg, ovum | n.neut | ELD LRC |
Late Latin | ovalis | re: egg | adj | W7 LRC |
Medieval Latin | ovalis | oval | adj | W7 LRC |
New Latin | ovarium | ovary | n.neut | W7 LRC |
New Latin | ovulum | ovule | n.neut | W7 LRC |
Portuguese | ôvo | egg, ovum | n | CDC LRC |
Spanish | huevo | egg, ovum | n | CDC LRC |
Old French | oef | egg, ovum | n | CDC LRC |
French | œuf | egg, ovum | n | TLL LRC |
Provençal | (u)ov | egg, ovum | n | CDC LRC |
Italian | uovo, òvo(lo) | egg, ovum | n.masc | W7 LRC |
Hellenic |
Homeric Greek | οἰωνός | large bird, bird of prey | n.masc | LRC |
Greek | ᾠόν | egg, ovum | n.neut | LS LRC |
Indo-Iranian |
Middle Persian | khāyak | egg, caviar | n | AHD LRC |