Etymograph

English

ice well

From ice + well.

A compound of ice + well

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- ‘ice’

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Proto-Germanic *īsą

Proto-West Germanic *īs

Old English īs

Middle English hyse

English ice

Proto-Germanic *wela

Old English wel ‘well’

Middle English wel ‘well’

English well

Today it means

noun A well (hole in the ground) in which ice was stored in the era of the ice trade and iceboxes (18th to mid-20th centuries); often with some degree of construction over it, similar to that used with icehouses, root cellars, and springhouses.

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

Etymograph / ice well