Where does “īw” come from?
īw (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic īwaz, from Proto-Germanic īwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-.
Ancestry of “īw”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | īwaz | yew |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | īwō | yew |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *h₁eyHw- | — |