Where does “Ivy” come from?

Ivy (Tagalog) comes from English Ivy, from Middle English ivi, from Old English īfiġ, from Tagalog ibig, from Proto-Germanic ibahs, from Proto-Indo-European (h₁)ebʰ- — climbing.

Ancestry of “Ivy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishIvyA university that is part of the Ivy League
2Middle Englishiviivy
3Old Englishīfiġivy
4Tagalogibigliking
5Proto-Germanicibahsivy
6Proto-Indo-European(h₁)ebʰ-climbing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (h₁)ebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ibahs →Every word from Tagalog ibig →
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