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Where does “isikel” come from?

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

isikel (Middle English): Alternative form of isykle

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of isykle

Ancestry of “isikel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishisykleicicle
2Middle Englishisice; That which is short-lived like ice; icy...
3Old Englishīsice
4Proto-West Germanicīsice
5Proto-Germanicīsąice
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eyH-ice, frost

Words derived from “isikel”

  • icicle
  • icicled
  • wolfsicle
  • -icle
  • dogsicle
  • beersicle
  • cumsicle
  • catsicle
  • bumsicle
  • frogsicle
  • pigsicle
  • kidsicle
  • totsicle
  • fishsicle
  • fruitsicle
  • mansicle
  • dicksicle
  • -sicle
  • ratsicle
  • mousesicle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eyH- →