Etymograph

English

yeo

Yeo comes from Old English ēa ‘running water, water, stream, river’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ekʷeh₂‘water, flowing water’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*ahwō‘waters, river’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*ahu‘river’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150ēa‘running water, water, stream, river’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ea
  6. Englishtodayyeo

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ekʷeh₂‘water, flowing water’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*ahwō‘waters, river’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*ahu‘river’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150ēa‘running water, water, stream, river’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ea
  6. Englishtodayyeo

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ ‘water, flowing water’

island, 1 more

through Proto-Germanic *ahwō ‘waters, river’

ait, 1 more

through Old English ēa ‘running water, water, stream, river’

ea, eddy

through Middle English ea

eau

Today it means

noun —

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ / yeo

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