Where does “īw” come from?

īw (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic īwaz, from Proto-Germanic īwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- — yew.

īw (Old English): yew (tree)

Definitions

  1. yew (tree)

Ancestry of “īw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicīwazyew
2Proto-Germanicīwōyew
3Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyHw-yew

Words derived from “īw”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic īwō →Every word from Proto-Germanic īwaz →