Where does “icefloe” come from?

icefloe (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.

icefloe (English): A floe; a mass of floating ice

Definitions

  1. A floe; a mass of floating ice

Ancestry of “icefloe”, step by step

icefloe 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 floe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfloeA low, flat mass of floating ice
2Old Norseflōimarsh, swamp
3Proto-Germanicflōduzriver; flood
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplōw-to flow, swim; to pour, wash
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eyH- →