Where does “yce” come from?

yce (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic ūkijā, from Proto-West Germanic ūkā, from Proto-Indo-European wegʷ- — wet, moist.

yce (Old English): toad; poisonous frog

Definitions

  1. toad; poisonous frog

Ancestry of “yce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicūkijā—
2Proto-West Germanicūkātoad, fire-bellied toad
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwegʷ-wet, moist

Words derived from “yce”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wegʷ- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ūkā →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ūkijā →