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Where does “īh” come from?
īh (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic īhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- — yew.
Ancestry of “īh”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
īhwaz
yew; name of the I-rune
2
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁eyHw-
yew
Words derived from “īh”
eoh
ive
iev
Eomær
avivẹ
imava
Eomæring
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