Words that come from Old Norse “íss”

104 words across 17 languages descend from Old Norse íss — including is, isbjerg, isberg, is, iste, istid, Island, ís.

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Norwegian Bokmål (21)

Norwegian Nynorsk (17)

Swedish (14)

Danish (13)

Faroese (10)

Icelandic (8)

Latvian (3)

German (3)

Old Norse (3)

French (2)

Italian (2)

Polish (2)

Portuguese (2)

Greek (1)

Elfdalian (1)

Spanish (1)

Norman (1)