Where does “ijl” come from?

ijl (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch ile, from Old Dutch īla, from Proto-Germanic īlō — rush, haste.

ijl (Dutch): rarefied (of a gas etc.), not dense

Definitions

  1. rarefied (of a gas etc.), not dense

Ancestry of “ijl”, step by step

ijl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch ile

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchile—
2Old Dutchīla—
3Proto-Germanicīlōrush, haste

via Middle Dutch idel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchidel—
2Old Dutchīdilempty
3Proto-Germanic*īdl—

Words derived from “ijl”

Every word from Proto-Germanic īlō →Every word from Old Dutch īla →Every word from Middle Dutch ile →