Where does “ijshockey” come from?

ijshockey (Dutch) comes from Dutch ijs, from Middle Dutch ijs, from Old Dutch īs, from Proto-West Germanic īs, from Proto-Germanic īsą, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eyH- — ice, frost.

ijshockey (Dutch): ice hockey

Definitions

  1. ice hockey

Ancestry of “ijshockey”, step by step

ijshockey traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch ijs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchijsice frozen liquid, notably water
2Middle Dutchijsice
3Old Dutchīs—
4Proto-West Germanicīsice
5Proto-Germanicīsąice
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eyH-ice, frost

via Dutch hockey

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchhockeyhockey, usually field hockey
2EnglishhockeyIce hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of...
3Frenchhoquethiccup

Words derived from “ijshockey”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eyH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic īsą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic īs →