Where does “ið-” come from?

ið- (Old Swedish) comes from Proto-Germanic idi, from Proto-Indo-European éti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁é, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

ið- (Old Swedish): repeated action

Definitions

  1. repeated action

Ancestry of “ið-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicidibut; and
2Proto-Indo-Europeanétibeyond; over
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éand, then
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

Words derived from “ið-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁é →Every word from Proto-Indo-European éti →