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Where does “ile” come from?
ile (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch īla, from Proto-Germanic īlō — rush, haste.
Ancestry of “ile”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Dutch
īla
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2
Proto-Germanic
īlō
rush, haste
Words derived from “ile”
ijl
ijlhoofdig
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