Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAny of several woody, climbing, or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera. · Any similar plant of any genus.
From Middle English ivi, from Old English īfiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *ibig, *ibag, *ibah, from Proto-Germanic *ibahs (compare West Flemish iefte, Low German Eiloov, Ieloof, German Efeu), from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ebʰ- (compare Welsh efwr (“black elder”), Ancient Greek ἴφυον (íphuon, “spike-lavender, Lavandula Spica”)).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionivienm
- Inherited-form mentionīfiġang
- Inherited-form mention*ibiggmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*ibahsgem-pro
- Cognate mentionieftevls
- Cognate mentionEiloovnds
- Cognate mentionEfeude
- Derivation mention*(h₁)ebʰine-pro
- Cognate mentionefwrcy · black elder
- Cognate mentionἴφυονgrc · spike-lavender, Lavandula Spica
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