Where does “aisbuk” come from?

aisbuk (Sabah Malay) comes from English icebox, from English ice, from Middle English is, from Old English īs, from Proto-West Germanic īs, from Proto-Germanic īsą, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eyH- — ice, frost.

aisbuk (Sabah Malay): refrigerator

Definitions

  1. refrigerator

Ancestry of “aisbuk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishiceboxA box or compartment containing ice; A...
2EnglishiceWater in frozen form; Any frozen volatile...
3Middle Englishisice; That which is short-lived like ice; icy...
4Old Englishīsice
5Proto-West Germanicīsice
6Proto-Germanicīsąice
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eyH-ice, frost
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eyH- →
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