Where does “Iessboach” come from?

Iessboach (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Iess, from Middle Low German îs, from Old Saxon īs, from Proto-West Germanic īs, from Proto-Germanic īsą, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eyH- — ice, frost.

Iessboach (Plautdietsch): iceberg, glacier

Definitions

  1. iceberg, glacier

Ancestry of “Iessboach”, step by step

Iessboach traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Iess

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschIessice
2Middle Low Germanîs—
3Old Saxonīshis, its
4Proto-West Germanicīsice
5Proto-Germanicīsąice
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eyH-ice, frost

via Plautdietsch Boajch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschBoajchmountain
2Middle Low Germanbarch, berch—
3Old Saxonbergmountain, hill
4Proto-West Germanicberghill, mountain
5Proto-Germanicbergazhill; mountain; refuge; shelter
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰerǵʰ-to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain
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