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

  1. a desolate area containing only snow and ice

Ancestry of “isøde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseíssice
2Proto-Germanicīsąice
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eyH-ice, frost
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eyH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic īsą →Every word from Old Norse íss →