Where does “īs” come from?

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

īs (Old High German): ice

Definitions

  1. ice

Ancestry of “īs”, step by step

īs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic īs

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

via West Germanic *īs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Germanic*īs—

Words derived from “īs”

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