Etymograph

English

ice

Ice comes from Old English īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą ‘ice’, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- ‘ice, frost’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁eyH-‘ice’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁eyH-so-reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*īsąreconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*īsreconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150īs
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hyse
  7. Englishearliest quotation c. 1599–1602ice

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁eyH-‘ice’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁eyH-so-reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*īsąreconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*īsreconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150īs
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hyse
  7. Englishearliest quotation c. 1599–1602ice

Earliest quotation: c. 1599–1602, William Shake-speare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet: “If thou doſt marry, Ile giue thee / This…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- ‘ice, frost’

yew, 1 more

through Old English īs

is, iced

Today it means

noun Water in frozen (solid) form.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- / ice

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