iaue
Old French
Alternative forms
- yaue, eve, eaue, aigue, ewe, euwe, egua, ayve, aive
Etymology
From Latin aqua. Compare Picard iau and Anglo-Norman ewe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈja.wə/
Noun
iaue f (oblique plural iaues, nominative singular iaue, nominative plural iaues)
- water (drinkable liquid)
Descendants
- Angevin: iau, ève, aive
- Bourbonnais-Berrichon: iau, aïe, aigue
- Bourguignon: aoue, ea, aie
- Champenois: iau, aive
- Franc-Comtois: ave
- Gallo: iau, ève, aive
- Lorrain: auve, aoue, ôve
- Middle French: eau, eaue
- French: eau (see there for further descendants)
- Norman: iâo, iaoue; ieau; yo, ieau, iâo; iaoue; yo, yo, iâo; iaoue; ieau
- Picard: iau, ieu (Amiens)
- Poitevin-Saintongeais: iau, ève
- Tourangeau: iau, ieu, aiguĕ
- Walloon: aiwe