ijf

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch *îwe f (attested as uwe and ieve, the latter being a conflation with the unrelated word for “ivy”), from Old Dutch *īwa, from Proto-Germanic *īwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-. Cognate with German Eibe, English yew.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ijf m (plural ijven, diminutive ijfje n)

  1. (archaic, now dialectal) Synonym of taxus (yew, Taxus baccata)