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.

ijs (Middle Dutch): ice

Definitions

  1. ice

Ancestry of “ijs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchīs—
2Proto-West Germanicīsice
3Proto-Germanicīsąice
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eyH-ice, frost

Words derived from “ijs”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eyH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic īsą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic īs →
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