Where does “ijlen” come from?

ijlen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch ilen, from Old Dutch īlen, from Proto-West Germanic *īlijan — to make haste, hasten.

ijlen (Dutch): to rave, babble, maunder; to hasten, hurry

Definitions

  1. to rave, babble, maunder; to hasten, hurry

Ancestry of “ijlen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchilen
2Old Dutchīlen
3Proto-West Germanic*īlijanto make haste, hasten

Words derived from “ijlen

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *īlijanEvery word from Old Dutch īlenEvery word from Middle Dutch ilen