English

Proper noun

Eth

1. A short form of the female given name Ethel.

Anagrams

• het
• teh, TEH
• the

English

Alternative forms

• edh

Noun

eth ‎(plural eths)

1. A letter (capital Ð, small ð) introduced into Old English to represent its dental fricative, then not distinguished from the letter thorn, no longer used in English but still in modern use in Icelandic, Faroese, and phonetics to represent the voiced dental fricative "th" sound as in the English word then.

Translations

See also

• thorn, þorn, þ
• wynn, wen, ƿ
• Wikipedia article on eth

Anagrams

• het
• teh, TEH
• the

References

1. ↑ “eth”, in the Collins English Dictionary (CollinsDictionary.com).

Albanian

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Perhaps related to end 'to weave'.

Verb

eth ‎(first-person singular past tense etha, participle ethur)

1. to mate (cattle)

Etymology 2

Unclear. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *audaz 'wealth, riches', hence Old Saxon ōd, Old High German ōt, Old Norse auðr (Icelandic auður. Chiefly dialectal.

Noun

eth m

1. property

Related terms

• pata
• pasë

Cornish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *üiθ, from Proto-Celtic *oxtū, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Numeral

eth

1. (cardinal) eight

See also

• (cardinal number): Previous: seyth. Next: naw

Etymology 2

Noun

eth f ‎(singulative ethen)

1. scents

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, whence also Old English āþ, Old Frisian ēth, Old High German eid, Old Norse eiðr, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 ‎(aiþs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *oyt-.

Noun

eth m

1. oath

Descendants

• Middle Low German: ēt