Where does “ila” come from?
ila (Old Swedish) comes from Middle Low German īlen, from Old Saxon ilian, from Proto-West Germanic *īlijan.
Ancestry of “ila”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | īlen | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | ilian | to hasten, to hurry |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *īlijan | — |