deye

Inherited from Old English dǣġe, from Proto-West Germanic *daigijā, from Proto-Germanic *daigijǭ.

• daie, deie

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæi̯(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /dɛi̯/, /dɛ̞ː/ (Northern)

deye (plural *deyes)

1. A dairymaid; woman who runs a dairy or supervises livestock (of a dairy)
2. (by extension) A dairyman; a man with similar duties.

• deyerie

• English: dai, dei, dey, deye (dialectal or historical)
• Scots: dey, dee, deigh
• → Anglo-Norman: deye, daye
  • ⇒ Anglo-Norman: deyerie, daerye, deyerye
    • → Middle English: deyerie, dayerye, deierie, deiȝerie, dayrye, deyry (Late Middle English)
      • English: dairy
      • Scots: derry, dery, dyrie
    • → Medieval Latin: daeria, dayeria

• “daie, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Inherited from Old English dēag, from Proto-West Germanic *daugu; compare deyen (“to dye”).

The final vowel is from the Old English oblique forms.

• deyȝ, dye
• dehe (Early Middle English)

• IPA^(key): /ˈdei̯(ə)/, /ˈdiː(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːɣə/, /ˈdeːjə/ (Early Middle English)

deye (plural *deyes) (rare)

1. A colour or shade.
2. A dye; a substance for colouring.
3. A stain or smear.

• English: dye

• “deie, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.