Where does “isykle” come from?

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

isykle (Middle English): icicle

Definitions

  1. icicle

Ancestry of “isykle”, step by step

isykle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English is

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

via Middle English ikil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishikilicicle
2Old Norsejǫkullicicle; ice; glacier
3Old Norsejakibroken ice, icefloe
4Proto-Germanicjekôpiece of ice; hoarfrost
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁yeg-ice, icicle

Words derived from “isykle”

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