English

icelight

From ice + light.

A compound of ice + light

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-Indo-European *lewk- ‘to shine’

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Proto-Germanic *leuhtą

Proto-West Germanic *leuht ‘light’

Old English lēoht

Middle English light ‘light, illumination’

English light

Today it means

noun The light reflected off a surface of ice.

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

Etymograph / icelight