Where does “ile” come from?
ile (Danish) comes from Middle Low German īlen, from Old Saxon ilian, from Proto-West Germanic *īlijan.
ile (Danish): to hurry, hasten
Ancestry of “ile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | īlen | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | ilian | to hasten, to hurry |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *īlijan | — |