Ewe
/juː/noun
A female sheep.
Did you know?Ewe is one of those ultra-old Germanic words that survived almost unchanged for centuries, while many other animal terms were replaced or reshaped by later borrowings.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₃ówis
“sheep”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*awiz
“sheep”
Old English
OE
ēowu
“female sheep”
Middle English
English
ew(e)
“female sheep”
Modern English
English
ewe
“female sheep”