English
icemelt
From ice + melt.
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 *(s)meld- ‘to soften, melt’
Proto-Germanic *meltaną ‘to dissolve, to melt’
Proto-West Germanic *meltan ‘to dissolve, to melt’
Old English meltan ‘to melt’
Middle English melten ‘to blend or fuse’
English melt
Today it means
noun The melting of a geographical mass of ice.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / icemelt