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Where does “īhwaz” come from?

īhwaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-.

īhwaz (Proto-Germanic): yew; name of the I-rune

Definitions

  1. yew; name of the I-rune

Ancestry of “īhwaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyHw-—

Words derived from “īhwaz”

  • thou
  • ya
  • anyhow
  • YouTube
  • yew
  • howsoever
  • yow
  • nohow
  • youse
  • yous
  • howbeit
  • howe
  • allyou
  • how've
  • howso
  • youz
  • everyhow
  • didya
  • whatchoo
  • howness
  • thouest
  • youness
  • elsehow
  • yowe
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