Where does “īfiġ” come from?

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

īfiġ (Old English): ivy

Definitions

  1. ivy

Ancestry of “īfiġ”, step by step

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

Words derived from “īfiġ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (h₁)ebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ibahs →Every word from Tagalog ibig →