Where does “icemelt” come from?

icemelt (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.

icemelt (English): The melting of a geographical mass of ice

Definitions

  1. The melting of a geographical mass of ice

Ancestry of “icemelt”, step by step

icemelt 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 melt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmeltMolten material, the product of melting; The...
2Middle Englishmeltento melt
3Old Englishmeltanto consume by fire, melt, burn up; dissolve,...
4Proto-Germanicmeltanąto dissolve; melt
5Proto-Indo-European(s)mel-false, erroneous; bad, evil
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eyH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic īsą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic īs →
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