Where does “ida” come from?

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

ida (Proto-Germanic): back, backwards, again

Definitions

  1. back, backwards, again

Ancestry of “ida”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanétibeyond; over
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éand, then
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁é →Every word from Proto-Indo-European éti →