Etymology Explorer › Old High German

Where does “ila” come from?

ila (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *īlu, from Proto-Germanic īlō — rush, haste.

Ancestry of “ila”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*īlu—
2Proto-Germanicīlōrush, haste

Words derived from “ila”

  • voreilig
  • eilig
  • Eile
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