Where does “īlaé” come from?
īlaé (Middle High German) comes from Old High German īla, from Proto-West Germanic *īlu, from Proto-Germanic īlō — rush, haste.
Ancestry of “īlaé”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | īla | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *īlu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | īlō | rush, haste |