Ewe
Pronunciation
Origin
From Middle English, from Old English Ä“owu, from Proto-Germanic *awjÅs, oblique form of *awiz (compare Old English eow ‘sheep’, West Frisian ei, Dutch ooi, German Aue), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis ‘sheep’ (compare Old Irish oÃ, Latin ovis, Tocharian B
u
)w|lang=txb}, Lithuanian avìs ‘ewe’).
Usage notes
Because of its pronunciation and despite its spelling, this word most commonly takes the indefinite article a rather than an.