Where does “iz” come from?
iz (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic it, from Proto-Germanic it — nominative/accusative singular neuter of *iz.
Ancestry of “iz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | it | it |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | it | nominative/accusative singular neuter of *iz |