Eiwaz or Eihaz (reconstructed *īhaz / *ēhaz or *īwaz / *ēwaz) was a Proto-Germanic word for "yew", and the reconstructed name of the rune . The rune survives in the Anglo-Saxon futhorc as Ēoh "yew" (note that eoh "horse" has a short diphthong). It is commonly transliterated as ï or æ, or, in reconstructions of Proto-Germanic, ē2. Its phonetic value at the time of the invention of the Futhark (2nd century) wasn't necessarily a diphthong, bu… (More on Eihwaz)