Where does “ice-calm” come from?

ice-calm (English) comes from English calm, from Middle English calm, from Middle French calme, from Italian calma, from Latin cauma, from Ancient Greek καῦμα, from Ancient Greek καίω, from Proto-Hellenic *káyyō.

ice-calm (English): Extremely calm

Definitions

  1. Extremely calm

Ancestry of “ice-calm”, step by step

ice-calm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English calm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcalmPeaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and...
2Middle Englishcalm
3Middle Frenchcalmecalm; still; windless
4Italiancalmacalm, stillness, peacefulness; tranquility, peace...
5Latincaumaheat; heat of the day
6Ancient Greekκαῦμαburning, glow, heat; fever; holes cut by cautery
7Ancient GreekκαίωI light, kindle, set on fire; I burn, burn up; I...
8Proto-Hellenic*káyyō

via English ice

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishiceWater in frozen form; Any frozen volatile...
2Middle Englishisice; That which is short-lived like ice; icy...
3Old Englishīsice
4Proto-West Germanicīsice
5Proto-Germanicīsąice
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eyH-ice, frost
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *káyyōEvery word from Ancient Greek καίωEvery word from Ancient Greek καῦμα