Where does “isøde” come from?
isøde (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse íss, from Proto-Germanic īsą, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eyH- — ice, frost.
isøde (Norwegian Bokmål): a desolate area containing only snow and ice
Definitions
- a desolate area containing only snow and ice
Ancestry of “isøde”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | íss | ice |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | īsą | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁eyH- | ice, frost |