doe

Etymology 1

From Middle English do, from Old English dā (“female deer”), from Proto-West Germanic *daijā, from Proto-Germanic *dajjǭ (“female deer, mother deer”), from Proto-Germanic *dajjaną (“to suckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck (milk), to suckle”). Cognate with Scots da, dae (“female deer”), Alemannic German tē (“doe”), Danish då (“deer, doe”), Sanskrit धेनु (dhenú, “cow, milk-cow”), Old English dēon (“to suckle”), Old English delu (“teat”). Related also to female, filial, fetus.

noun

1. A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope, (less commonly goat as nanny is also used).
   ...A doe from round a spruce stood looking at them Across the wall , as near the wall as they . She saw them in their field they her in hers . The difficulty of seeing what stood still ,[…] 1995, News of the Universe: Poems of Twofold Consciousness (Sierra Club Books Publication), University of California Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 87
2. A female rabbit.
3. A female hare.
4. A female squirrel.
5. A female kangaroo.

Etymology 2

verb

1. Obsolete spelling of do
   […] a voyage to plant yͤ first colonie in yͤ Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in yͤ presence of God […] 1620, Mayflower Compact

Etymology 3

adv

1. (African-American Vernacular, MLE) though