Where does “ībis” come from?

ībis (Latin) comes from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

ībis (Latin): ibis (wading bird)

Definitions

  1. ibis (wading bird)

Ancestry of “ībis”, step by step

ībis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin eō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latineōto go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.)
2Proto-ItaliceōI go
3Proto-Italicejō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Ancient Greek ἶβις

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἶβιςibis
2Egyptianhbjibis

Words derived from “ībis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Italic ejō →