Etymology Explorer › Danish

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

Definitions

  1. to hurry, hasten

Ancestry of “ile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanīlen—
2Old Saxonilianto hasten, to hurry
3Proto-West Germanic*īlijan—

Words derived from “ile”

  • il
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *īlijan →