iaue
Old French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin aqua. Compare Picard iau and Anglo-Norman ewe.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]iaue 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