Where does “īre” come from?

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

Ancestry of “īre”, step by step

īre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic eō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-ItaliceōI go
2Proto-Italicejō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Old English īren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishīren—
2Proto-Germanicīsarnąiron
3Proto-Celticīsarnomiron
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ésh₂r̥blood

Words derived from “īre”

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