Where does “īwe” come from?

īwe (Middle High German) comes from Old High German īwa, from Proto-Germanic īwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- — yew.

Ancestry of “īwe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanīwa—
2Proto-Germanicīwōyew
3Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyHw-yew

Words derived from “īwe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic īwō →Every word from Old High German īwa →
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