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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicīsąice
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eyH-ice, frost

Words derived from “*īs

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eyH-Every word from Proto-Germanic īsą