Where does “Iessschmaunt” come from?

Iessschmaunt (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.

Iessschmaunt (Plautdietsch): ice cream

Definitions

  1. ice cream

Ancestry of “Iessschmaunt”, step by step

Iessschmaunt 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 Schmaunt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschSchmauntcream
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eyH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic īsą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic īs →