Where does “ewell” come from?

ewell (Luxembourgish) comes from Old English ēa, from Proto-West Germanic ahu, from Proto-Germanic ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ — water.

ewell (Luxembourgish): already

Definitions

  1. already

Ancestry of “ewell”, step by step

ewell traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ēa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishēaflowing water, stream, river; water; river,...
2Proto-West Germanicahuriver
3Proto-Germanicahwōwater; stream, river
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ékʷeh₂water

via Middle High German alle wīle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanalle wīlealways

Words derived from “ewell”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic ahwō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ahu →