Where does “īlen” come from?
īlen (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon ilian, from Proto-West Germanic *īlijan.
Ancestry of “īlen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | ilian | to hasten, to hurry |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *īlijan | — |
Words derived from “īlen”