ithe

Meanings

Noun

• A wave.
• Waves; the sea.

Verb

• To thrive; flourish; prosper.

Origin

• From Middle English ythe, ithe, uthe, from Old English ȳþ ("wave, billow, flood, sea, liquid, water"), from Proto-West Germanic, from Proto-Germanic *unþiz, *unþī, from Proto-Indo-European *unt-, *und-. Cognate with German Unde ("flood, wave"), Icelandic unnur ("wave").
• From Middle English ithen, related to Old Norse iðja ("to be active, do, perform").