English

icedrake

From ice + drake.

A compound of ice + drake

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- ‘ice’

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Proto-Germanic *īsą

Proto-West Germanic *īs

Old English īs

Middle English hyse

English ice

Middle English drake ‘male duck, drake’

English drake

Today it means

noun A dragon which breathes ice or has a freezing body temperature.

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

Etymograph / icedrake