English

ice wine

Ice wine comes from German Eiswein.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Made of the words ice + wine

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-Italic *wīnom

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Proto-Germanic *wīną ‘wine’

Proto-West Germanic *wīn ‘wine’

Old English wīn ‘wine’

Middle English wyn

English wine

Every English word from German Eiswein

noun A sweet dessert wine made from grapes that are harvested after they have naturally frozen on the vine.

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