iaue
Old French
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editEtymology
editFrom Latin aqua. Compare Picard iau and Anglo-Norman ewe.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editiaue oblique singular, f (oblique plural iaues, nominative singular iaue, nominative plural iaues)
- water (drinkable liquid)
Descendants
edit- 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 (Guernsey); ieau (Jersey); yo (Sark), ieau, iâo (continental Normandy); iaoue (Guernsey); yo (Sark), yo, iâo (continental Normandy); iaoue (Guernsey); ieau (Jersey)
- Picard: iau, ieu (Amiens)
- Poitevin-Saintongeais: iau, ève
- Walloon: aiwe