Where does “īsċeald” come from?

īsċeald (Old English) comes from Old English ċeald, from Proto-West Germanic kald, from Proto-Germanic kaldaz, from Proto-Germanic kalaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- — to swallow; swallow.

īsċeald (Old English): ice-cold

Definitions

  1. ice-cold

Ancestry of “īsċeald”, step by step

īsċeald traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ċeald

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishċealdcold, coldness
2Proto-West Germanickaldcold
3Proto-Germanickaldazcold
4Proto-Germanickalanąto be cold, to freeze
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵel-to swallow; swallow

via Old English īs

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

Words derived from “īsċeald”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kalaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic kaldaz →
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