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Where does “אײַזיק” come from?

אײַזיק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish אײַז, from Middle High German īs, from Old High German īs, from Proto-West Germanic īs, from Proto-Germanic īsą, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eyH- — ice, frost.

אײַזיק (Yiddish): icy

Definitions

  1. icy

Ancestry of “אײַזיק”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאײַזice
2Middle High Germanīs—
3Old High Germanīsice
4Proto-West Germanicīsice
5Proto-Germanicīsąice
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eyH-ice, frost
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