Etymology Explorer
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Where does “*īs” come from?
*īs (West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic īsą, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eyH- — ice, frost.
Ancestry of “*īs”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
īsą
ice
2
Proto-Indo-European
h₁eyH-
ice, frost
Words derived from “*īs”
Eisenhower
Berg
iceberg
Eisenstadt
Eisenhauer
eiswein
iceberglike
īs
īs
īs
īs
īs
iis
ijs
ijs
Eis
אײַז
ajs
Äis
Ies
àis
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ȧjs
ais
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eyH- →
Every word from Proto-Germanic īsą →