Where does “icecrete” come from?

icecrete (English) comes from English ice, from Middle English is, from Old English īs, from Proto-West Germanic īs, from Proto-Germanic īsą, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eyH- — ice, frost.

icecrete (English): pykrete

Definitions

  1. pykrete

Ancestry of “icecrete”, step by step

icecrete traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via English crete

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcreteA Cretan
2Ancient GreekΚρήτηCrete; Krete
3Ancient GreekΚρυς—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eyH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic īsą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic īs →