Etymograph

English

ice perry

From ice + perry.

A compound of ice + perry

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- ‘ice’

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Proto-Germanic *īsą

Proto-West Germanic *īs

Old English īs

Middle English hyse

English ice

Latin pirum ‘a pear (fruit)’

Vulgar Latin *piratum

Old French peré ‘father’

Middle English perre

English perry

The story

Coined in analogy to icewine and ice cider.

Today it means

noun An alcoholic beverage created by fermenting the liquid obtained by crushing frozen pears.

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

Etymograph / ice perry