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Origin and history of yean

yean(v.)

1520s, from Middle English i-ʒenen, from Old English eanian "bring forth" (young), especially in reference to sheep or goats, from Proto-Germanic *aunon (cognate with Dutch oonen).

This is reconstructed to be from PIE *agwh-no- "lamb" (source also of Greek amnos "lamb," Latin agnus, Old Church Slavonic agne, Old Irish uan, Welsh oen).

also from 1520s

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Agnus Dei(n.)

Late Latin, literally "lamb of God." From c. 1400 in English as the name of the part of the Mass beginning with these words, or (later) a musical setting of it. Latin agnus "lamb" is from PIE *agwh-no- "lamb" (see yean). For deus "god," see Zeus. The phrase is used from 1620s in reference to an image of a lamb as emblematic of Christ; usually it is pictured with a nimbus and supporting the banner of the Cross.

yeanling(n.)

"lamb, kid, young of a sheep or goat," 1630s, from yean + -ling. By 1650s as an adjective.

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