Where does “ijs” come from?
ijs (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch īs, from Proto-West Germanic īs, from Proto-Germanic īsą, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eyH- — ice, frost.
Ancestry of “ijs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Dutch | īs | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | īs | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | īsą | ice |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁eyH- | ice, frost |