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Where does “Ivo” come from?
Ivo (English) comes from Proto-Germanic īhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- — yew.
Ancestry of “Ivo”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
īhwaz
yew; name of the I-rune
2
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁eyHw-
yew
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