English

icequake

From ice + quake.

A compound of ice + quake

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-Germanic *kwakōną ‘to shake, quiver, tremble’

Old English cwacian ‘to quake, tremble, chatter’

Middle English quaken ‘to tremble with fear or anger’

English quake

Today it means

noun The concussion that occurs when large masses of ice break up due to contraction.

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

Etymograph / icequake