Where does “ehw” come from?

ehw (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic ehwaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éḱwos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁oh₁ḱu- — swift.

ehw (Proto-West Germanic): horse

Definitions

  1. horse

Ancestry of “ehw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicehwazhorse; name of the E-rune
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éḱwosstallion, horse
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁oh₁ḱu-swift
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁oh₁ḱu- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éḱwos →Every word from Proto-Germanic ehwaz →