different between yean vs zean

English

Etymology

From Middle English *yenen, *?enen, eanen, from Old English *?e?anian, ?anian (“to yean, bring forth young (usually lambs), bring forth as a ewe”) (for the prefixed form, compare Old English ?e?an, ?e?ane (“yeaning”, adjective)), from Proto-West Germanic *gaaun?n, *aun?n (“to yean, lamb”), from *aun?n? (“to yean, lamb”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eg?nós (“lamb”). Cognate with Scots yean (“to yean”), Saterland Frisian bejänne (“to produce; show signs of calving”), West Frisian antsje, eandsje, inje (“to yean”), Dutch onen (“to yean”), Swedish öna (“to yean”, dialectal). Akin also to Latin agnus, Ancient Greek ????? (amnós), Old Irish úan (“lamb”). See also ean.

Verb

yean (third-person singular simple present yeans, present participle yeaning, simple past and past participle yeaned)

1. (transitive, archaic, of goats or sheep) To give birth to.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:yean.

References

Anagrams

• Enya, ayen

English

Etymology

Former trade name. See Zea (“genus of grasses”).

Noun

zean (uncountable)

1. (medicine, archaic) A highly concentrated fluid extract of cornsilk used as a diuretic and urinary antiseptic.

Anagrams

• Anez, Zane, naze

Basque

Noun

zean

1. inessive singular of ze