Where does “ilian” come from?

ilian (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic *īlijan — to make haste, hasten.

ilian (Old Saxon): to hasten, to hurry

Definitions

  1. to hasten, to hurry

Ancestry of “ilian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*īlijanto make haste, hasten

Words derived from “ilian

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *īlijan
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