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
Ancestry of “yce”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | ūkijā | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | ūkā | toad, fire-bellied toad |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wegʷ- | wet, moist |