Where does “ᛇ” come from?

ᛇ (Translingual) comes from Proto-Germanic īwaz, from Proto-Germanic īwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- — yew.

ᛇ (Translingual): A letter of the Runic alphabet, present in the Elder Fuþark (ᛇ) and the Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc (ᛇ, called ēoh) representing or and associated with the yew

Definitions

  1. A letter of the Runic alphabet, present in the Elder Fuþark (ᛇ) and the Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc (ᛇ, called ēoh) representing or and associated with the yew

Ancestry of “ᛇ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicīwazyew
2Proto-Germanicīwōyew
3Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyHw-yew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic īwō →Every word from Proto-Germanic īwaz →