Where does “iel” come from?
iel (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch idel, from Old Dutch īdil, from Proto-Germanic *īdl.
iel (Dutch): thin, slender
Ancestry of “iel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Dutch | idel | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | īdil | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *īdl | — |