Etymology Explorer › Old English

Where does “īfiġ” come from?

īfiġ (Old English) comes from Tagalog ibig, from Proto-Germanic ibahs, from Proto-Indo-European (h₁)ebʰ- — climbing.

Ancestry of “īfiġ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogibigliking
2Proto-Germanicibahsivy
3Proto-Indo-European(h₁)ebʰ-climbing

Words derived from “īfiġ”

  • ivy
  • Ivy
  • ivied
  • Ivybridge
  • ivylike
  • univied
  • ivi
  • Ivy
  • Ivy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (h₁)ebʰ- →