English
icen
From ice + -en (“to become like”).
A compound of ice + -en ‘to become like’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- ‘ice’
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Proto-Germanic *īsą
Proto-West Germanic *īs
Old English īs
Middle English hyse
English ice
Another origin of icen
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500isen
- Englishtodayicen
Today it means
verb To make or become iced or icy; frost (all senses)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / icen