Where does “ei” come from?

ei (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch ei, from Old Dutch ei, from Proto-West Germanic aij, from English ice, from Middle English is, from Old English īs, from Proto-West Germanic īs, from Proto-Germanic īsą — ice, frost.

ei (Dutch): egg

Definitions

  1. egg

Ancestry of “ei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutcheiegg
2Old Dutchei—
3Proto-West Germanicaijegg
4EnglishiceWater in frozen form; Any frozen volatile...
5Middle Englishisice; That which is short-lived like ice; icy...
6Old Englishīsice
7Proto-West Germanicīsice
8Proto-Germanicīsąice
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eyH-ice, frost

Words derived from “ei”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eyH- →