Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/īs

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

From Proto-Germanic *īsą.

*īs n

1. ice

• Old English: īs, ys, ᛁᛋ (is) — Near Fakenham plaque
  • Middle English: is, ise, yes, yce, yys, ys, ijs, yse, ysz, hyse, hyys, ice, isse, ysse, yis
    • English: ice (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: ice
• Old Frisian: īs
  • North Frisian: Iis, Is, is
  • Saterland Frisian: Ies
  • West Frisian: iis
• Old Saxon: īs
  • Middle Low German: îs
    • Low German:
      • German Low German: Ies
        • Plautdietsch: Iess
• Old Dutch: *īs
  • Middle Dutch: ijs
    • Dutch: ijs
      • Afrikaans: ys
      • Petjo: es
      • → Caribbean Javanese: ès
      • → Indonesian: es
      • → Papiamentu: eis
      • → Sranan Tongo: èisi, hèisi
        • → Aukan: eisi
        • → Saramaccan: eísí
    • Limburgish: ies
• Old High German: īs
  • Middle High German: īs
    • Alemannic German: Iis, Is, Isch

      Alsatian: Iis; Eis (northern)

      Italian Walser: isch, éisch

    • Bavarian: ais

      Cimbrian: ais

      Mòcheno: ais

    • Central Franconian: Eis, Ies

      Hunsrik: Eis

      Luxembourgish: Äis

      Transylvanian Saxon: Ais

    • German: Eis
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Frankfurt:

      Pennsylvania German: Eis

    • Vilamovian: ajs
    • Yiddish: אײַז (ayz)