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Where does “īlen” come from?

īlen (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *īlijan.

Ancestry of “īlen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*īlijan—

Words derived from “īlen”

  • Übereilung
  • übereilen
  • vorauseilen
  • herbeieilen
  • eilen
  • beeilen
  • eile
  • übereilt
  • davoneilen
  • Beeilung
  • īlen
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *īlijan →