Where does “isig” come from?

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

isig (Old English): icy

Definitions

  1. icy

Ancestry of “isig”, step by step

isig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English īs

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

via Old English īġ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishīġ—
2Proto-Berber*aβəɣ—

Words derived from “isig”

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