Where does “ijsschots” come from?
ijsschots (Dutch) comes from Dutch schots, from Dutch Schotland, from Dutch land, from Dutch landnaam, from Dutch naam, from Middle Dutch nāme, from Old Dutch namo, from Proto-West Germanic namō — to name.
ijsschots (Dutch): ice floe
Ancestry of “ijsschots”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | schots | messy, disorderly; floe, ice floe |
| 2 | Dutch | Schotland | — |
| 3 | Dutch | land | land; country; land |
| 4 | Dutch | landnaam | Uncommon form of landsnaam |
| 5 | Dutch | naam | name |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | nāme | — |
| 7 | Old Dutch | namo | name |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | namō | name |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | namô | name |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |